Gout is a foot condition that we’ve talked about more than a few times on this blog. It’s an incredibly common condition, estimated to affect about 12 million people in the United States. Regular exercise and an improved diet can help to calm gout flareups, but one oft-overlooked aspect of gout management is your liquid […]
Can Gout Be Treated With Surgery?
Gout is an inflammatory condition that can affect joints throughout the body, but the most common area for it to rear its ugly head is in your feet. The condition develops when uric acid, which is typically produced and excreted by your body as waste, ends up staying in your bloodstream and eventually crystallizing in […]
Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options For Gout Of The Ankle
We’ve discussed gout of the toe joints on the blog in the past, but that’s not the only area of your body that can be affected by this inflammatory condition. In fact, another common location for gout problems is in your ankle joint. Below, we take a closer look at why gout develops in the […]
Why Gout Isn’t Always Easy To Treat
Gout is one of the more common foot conditions that we see in our office, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to treat. Many foot conditions get better when people swhich to a more supportive or protective shoe, but as evidenced by a a recent study, that’s not the case with gout. According to […]
Gout Linked To Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Event
As we mentioned a while back on the blog, gout is associated with an increased risk of developing arterial fibrillation, or A-fib. However, that’s not the only way in which gout may affect your heart. New research out of Duke University found that the inflammatory joint condition may by linked to an increased risk of […]