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EXTREME PAIN OF GOUT LIFE-DISRUPTING FORM OF ARTHRITIS CAN BE TREATED
From: Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
Date: 20071112
Author:Press correspondent; DARLENE NICHOLSON, Courier &
What do Thomas Jefferson, King Henry VIII of England, Samuel Johnson (writer), Alfred Lord Tennyson (poet) and Benjamin Franklin have in common? They all suffered from the extremely painful condition known as gout. In fact, more than 1 million people in the United States alone suffer from attacks of gout.
Gout is a life-disrupting form of arthritis that affects the joints and tendons and other tissues. It has a connection to the body's inability to process uric acid, a chemical created when the body breaks down substances called purines, found in many of the foods we eat. An overload of uric ...
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