| Gout has been called an Upper Class disease because | | | | a person could have all of the risk factors and never |
| since medieval times, gout was known to attack the | | | | have a flare up. No on can predict with 100% |
| upper crust of society more than the lower class. | | | | certainty when or if you will have an attack. |
| This was probably due to the differences in the diet | | | | One thing known for sure however is that by |
| between the rich and the poor. | | | | reducing the number of risks factors you have for |
| In today's society however, with the advent of | | | | gout, you reduce your chances of having a symptom |
| massed produced super farms no one is safe from | | | | flare up accordingly. |
| the pain of the symptoms. It can hit both the rich | | | | If you are currently taking medications known to |
| and the poor. | | | | cause symptom flare ups, speak with your doctor to |
| Whether it has been a couple of weeks or a couple | | | | see if there is another medication that will take care |
| of years since your last attack, you dread that | | | | of your problem that will not cause a flare up. |
| feeling that strikes in the middle of the night when | | | | Watch your diet to ensure you do not consume large |
| you are least expecting it. You're sound asleep, | | | | quantities of the foods known to cause a gout |
| comfy and cozy in your bed when you are awaken | | | | symptom flare up. Reduce stress in your life as much |
| by painful symptoms in your big toe. (or some other | | | | as possible. If you are in a situation where you have |
| joint in your body) | | | | to endure a lot of stress, find some time to meditate |
| The pain may be bearable for the first few hours, | | | | each day or find some other way to reduce your |
| the redness and swelling may or may not be obvious, | | | | stress level. |
| but it is a feeling you've learned to dread and you | | | | If you have not looked into it before, you could also |
| know if you don't do something fast, the next 24 | | | | find relief from the pain of gout symptoms by eating |
| hours will end with severe pain. | | | | one of more of the foods known to reduce the |
| Hyperuricemia, an elevated uric acid level in the blood | | | | blood level of uric acid. For many, these foods are |
| stream, is one of the better known conditions that | | | | proving to be almost a cure and by eating just a |
| cause a person to be predisposed to having a flare | | | | small portion of one food from the list, daily or for |
| up of symptoms. As the level of uric acid in the blood | | | | some 3 or 4 days a week works fine. |
| stream rises, the risk of having an attack of gout | | | | If you don't have access to a list of these foods, |
| symptoms goes up accordingly. | | | | you can get a free list by visiting the author's |
| Other things that cause a flare up of symptoms | | | | website, which was set up because the author has |
| include having too much stress in your life, drinking | | | | remained pain free for 3 years now and wants to |
| too much alcohol, some medications and even some | | | | share this information with as many people as |
| other medical problems. At the same time however, | | | | possible, absolutely free of charge. |