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Original Source: Gout of the temporomandibular joint: a review of the literature.
BACKGROUND: Gout is a common metabolic disorder that leads to elevated serum uric acid levels and deposition of urate crystals in tissues, leading to conditions such as arthritis and neuropathy. CASE DESCRIPTION: Although the prevalence of gout has been increasing during the past two decades, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement is rare, with only 10 reports in the English-language literature. The authors present a rare case of gout involving the TMJ in a 51-year-old woman. They also review reported ca...
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According to the National Arthritis Data Workgroup, an estimated 6 million people in the United States report having experienced gout at some point in their lives. In fact, gout is the most common f...
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Arthritis is by definition the inflammation of one or more joints, characterized by swelling, pain, warmth, redness and diminished range of joint movement (Oxford Medical Dictionary). There are ma...
Rheumatology is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and management of disease involving joints, tendons, muscles, ligaments and associated structures (Oxford Medical Dictionary). It...
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Gout: Why Is This Curable Disease So Seldom Cured?
Only a minority of patients with gout are actually cured. How can gout management be improved? Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Do Cherries Really Work in Gout?
Patients suffering from gout often eat cherries to prevent gout attacks. Is there any scientific basis for this? Medscape Rheumatology
Crystal arthritis: A new 'package of care' strategy for effective gout management
Gout is often poorly managed, with low rates of successful long-term urate lowering. A new 'package of care' intervention for treatment of patients with gout now offers ways to improve outcomes. The i...
Cherry intake reduces risk of gout attacks
A new study found that patients with gout who consumed cherries over a two-day period showed a 35% lower risk of gout attacks compared to those who did not eat the fruit.
Gout Management Is Focus of New Guidelines
TUESDAY, Oct. 2 -- Educating gout patients on diet, lifestyle choices and treatment objectives is among the recommendations in new guidelines to help patients and doctors fight the painful disease. Go...
Why is the incidence of gout increasing?
Gout has been described by the Daily Mail as something, “usually associated with port-swilling, over-fed elderly men of the 19th century”. (1) Recent research carried out at the Boston University...
Gout Guidelines From ACR Include New Drugs, Diet
American College of Rheumatology (ACR) gout guidelines are meant to improve management of hyperuricemia, reduce damaging chronic tophaceous gouty arthritis, and prevent acute gout attacks. Medscap...
Gout risk goes up as waistline expands - and not just in men
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity has long been considered a risk factor for gout, but new findings confirm that the risk starts climbing when people are merely overweight - and that more Americ...
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To identify association of IL18-607 C/A and -137 G/C polymorphism with susceptibility to gout in Chinese Han male population, We evaluate the genetic contribution of the IL18-607 C/A and -137 G/C poly...
Gender-specific risk factors for incident gout: a prospective cohort study.
Previous reports suggested that gout incidence increased with serum uric acid (sUA) level. In addition to sUA, we aimed to examine the gender-specific risk factors for incident gout. A prospective stu...
The experience and impact of gout in Māori and Pacific people: a prospective observational study.
Although high prevalence of gout in Māori and Pacific people is well-documented, the experience of disease in these groups has not been explored in detail. The aim of this analysis was to describe th...
Health Care Utilization in Patients with Gout.
OBJECTIVE:: To study health care utilization patterns in patients with gout. METHODS:: In a gout population from primary care and rheumatology clinics in 3 U.S. metropolitan cities, we collected data...
Association between gout and polymorphisms in GCKR in male Han Chinese.
Several genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have reported associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and uric acid concentrations or gout in a number of different ethnic populatio...
