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Gout—A Rich Man’s Disease? Most people picture a member of the royal family seated with his foot resting on a fancy stool and his hig toe swollen tojwice its normal size. This is not necessarily the casts. | pout can attack any (oint in the body, however,^! bps a^jirp I dilection for the lower extremities. It is adiscasc in wliielcn protein breakdown product called uric aid becomes loo concentrated in the bloodstream. The severe painful atlas ks occur when the crystals of this substance become deposited in a joint because the blood stream cannot support pm more Gout can affect the kidneys and it does nut have Jo he a severe pain to be an attack. There are medications that can allow a gouty patient to lead a normal life as long as he follows a reasonable diet (minimal alcohol and red meats especially). Gout can also cause changes in the joints il allowed to proceed unimpeded. I.astlv. gout affects men much more often than women.
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