Credit: Getty Images The intense pain and inflammation caused by gout may pose physical limitations that affect the mental and emotional health of patients living with the disease. Gout is an ...

There are major gaps in quality of care in management of gout. Health care professionals should assess the serum urate level in patients at risk for gout and monitor serum urate regularly during urate ...

Manchester — Urate-lowering therapy (ULT) should follow the treat-to-target principle rather than treat-to-avoid symptoms, and the benefits of ULT should be emphasised to patients earlier in disease, ...

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Once gout has been diagnosed, the cause of the hyperuricemia should be identified. The two most common causes of hyperuricemia are decreased renal elimination of urate and excessive alcohol intake. A ...

Since the 2006 guidelines on gout management, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) has included “patient education and appropriate lifestyle advice” as the foundation of gout management in ...

For gout, xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitors are the choice for first-line urate-lowering therapy (ULT) according to the 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout, which ...

A new editorial study on Gout, Urate, and Crystal Deposition Disease discusses the 2022 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for the management of gout. Study: Crystal ...

Gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, often coexists with comorbidities that require integrated assessment and treatment. The burden of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) ...

Weight-loss injections such as Ozempic and Wegovy are helping millions lose weight quickly. But could rapid weight loss affect bone strength and increase gout risk?

The previous concept of urate proximal tubular reabsorption, secretion, and postsecretory reabsorption has been revised based on recent studies using molecular biologic and genetic techniques. These ...