Rövid leírás:
Effective prevention of gout requires a sufferer to understand their condition.If control of the elevated urate concentration can be achieved either by dietary modifications or by regular medications, gout attacks will cease and there will be no further complications. Getting Rid of Gout, Second Edition discusses current concepts concerning the role of diet in gout and reveals goals and directions for treatment and prevention.
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Hosszú leírás:
Anyone suffering from this traumatic arthritic condition will fully appreciate the new edition of Getting Rid Of Gout.Included in the new sections are updated dietary guidelines, including current research on the role of diet in preventing gout, and a description of the new medications available for its treatment.
Bryan Emmerson, a recognised authority on gout, argues that if control of the elevated concentrations of uric acid can be achieved through either diet or medication modifications, gout attacks will cease and there will be no further complications.He goes on to outline how effective prevention of gout requires sufferers to understand their condition, one that can be a result of both genetic and lifestyle factors.
Written in an understandable and sympathetic manner with the aid of diagrams and cartoons, Getting Rid of Gout offers sensible advice and dispels the popular fallacies about the nature and causes of gout.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Gout from the earliest times
What is gout? Acute, recurrent and chronic gout
Urate (or uric acid) in the body
Hyperuricaemia
What causes hyperuricaemia?
Urate crystal formation
Gout and the kidney
Gout and the blood vessels
How to manage your gout
Medication used to treat an acute attack of gout
Preventing gout by correcting hyperuricaemia
Bringing your urate concentrations down to normal
Questions and answers about gout
