Gouty arthritis, misconceptions and history

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There are still many misconceptions about arthritis and one of them is that many people seem to be thinking that there is just one type of arthritis while in fact there are many different types of this disease. The subject of this article gouty arthritis is very different from the other types of arthritis. Most of the time gouty arthritis starts with an sudden attack of severe and extreme pain in the joints of mostly feet and leg joints but it can also occur in other joints in the body. This acute and extreme pain usually occurs when there is to much uric acid build up it the joints.

Gouty arthritis is where there is too much uric acid produced or when the kidney is no longer able to get rid of the uric acid like it should be. Many researchers are still working on why this happens because as of right now, the cause is unknown. But what is know is that males are more common to get this, along with people who drink a lot of alcohol, and women who are postmenopausal. Gouty arthritis is also seen in people who already suffer from obesity, kidney disease, sickle cell anemia, and diabetes.

Gouty arthritis in History

When we think of people with gouty arthritis we usually see an image of an overweight English lord in a drafty castle drinking port with an old dog laying on his feet and in fact when we look at history those men are undoubtedly in the majority. According to wikipedia there are many notable sufferers of gouty arthritis and they have included under the section royalty and nobility: