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Gout can give you lasting pain. That’s terrifying. Gout will give you repeating inflammations, draining the quality of your life. That’s OK. As long as gout will not kill me. I can live with it. I will accept my fate. But what if I tell you that gout can cause CANCER? Are you still willing to live with the fact that a dormant volcano will repeatedly erupt inside you? You probably heard about it. Gout and cancer are related. Both statistical data and personal testimonies creates a lead to this link. The question is, does gout cause cancer? No. BUT, if you have gout you surely possess qualities that are a perfect fit to the criteria of cancer’s choice. This article aims to explain the permanent damages from gout, including those that are not directly caused by gout but by what caused gout. The Culprit: Gout itself can wreak havoc, but with the aid of the culprit that started it all, the apocalypse draws near. Gout is caused by uric acid crystallization in the synovi...

Hyperuricemia alone, even without gout, can cause many troubling and sometimes peculiar effect. Some are less understood yet causes fear. What more if gout is present in the crime scene? A perfect instance of the peculiar effects of gout is the reddening of the eye. This article aims to explain the relation between gout and red eye. Surely, along the way you will realize that you should eliminate gout now, once and for all. Gout in the eyes. . . is it even POSSIBLE? First and foremost, there is no hype here. YES. Gout happens in the eyes. The very same burning pain in the joints can be experienced in the eyes, and terrifyingly, the protruding node, along with tophi, occurs in the eyes as well. In fact, gout can happen in many part of the eyes. Here is a list of parts asymptomatically and symptomatically affected from this research study . Periocular region: Eyelid, lateral canthus, medial canthus • Tophi deposition Conjunctiva • Bilateral conjunctival vessel...

Alternative medicine is probably one of the most attractive crying shoulder of gout sufferers. After all, a glass of cherry juice tastes way much better than a pill of allopurinol! As an added bonus, you have tons of choices.  Sweet cherry? Tart cherry? Black cherry? The choices are quite infinite. This article aims to explain which is the best type of cherry for gout. The objective There is a myriad of possible reasons why you came here reading this article. You maybe doing some homework, researching for some gout sufferer you love or maybe you are simply looking for the answer to the question “What is the best cherry for gout?” If the case is the latter, this articles was written with one goal in mind:  there is no such thing as best cherry for gout . Cherry as an alternative to allopurinol – Cherry-fic! You must have heard it.  Cherry is better than allopurinol.  Usually, this comes from one-sided blogsites that states all the i...

Diabetes is literally a sweet lover. It is supposed to be, since diabetes is the condition of having an overwhelming blood sugar level. Here is a sweet and deadly fact: diabetes is in a relationship with gout! Here is another romantic but pain-inducing fact: this relationship will last FOREVER. This article aims to explain the relationship between diabetes and gout. Did gout cause diabetes? Or was it diabetes that caused gout? Diabetes and Gout – The CONTROVERSIAL Relationship Google it. It is all over the net.   Many gout sufferers suffer from diabetes as well . It is not surprising since they share similar risk factors such as obesity, hypertension and various cardiovascular diseases. Actually, they are like different cards stacked on a deck. Drawing them all is just a matter of order and bad luck. Sadly, if you begin drawing from this deck, you will pull cards from it until it is empty as long as your life span allows. Now, back to the diabetes and gout relations...

Most likely, you read it somewhere. Gout, uric acid and cardiovascular diseases, for some reason unknown to many, are related to each other. Both non-empirical and statistical studies points to a causal relationship between the two, such as a study that reappraises the causal relationship between hyperuricemia and cardiovascular diseases . With those facts in hand, we still find it hard to imagine the link between the two. This article aims to explain the relationship between chronic heart failure and uric acid level. Chronic Heart Failure      Chronic heart failure, as the word “chronic” suggests, is a lifetime condition. Generally, heart failure is the inability of the heart to supply sufficient amount of blood to the body. A variety of medical conditions can cause heart failure. Below will be a list of heart failure causes associated with uric acid, but first you must understand a few basic concept: Acidity If you suffer from gout, it is a...

Gout, despite the level of understanding we gained through experience and advancement of medical knowledge, is still an obscure medical condition. The locations of the next gout attack is usually a mystery. Even the joints and non-joints it attacks is covered in mist as well. In fact, even its complications are not fully understood. Here is another weirdness to add to the long list: you can suffer from gout even if your uric acid level is normal! This article aims to explain why people can suffer from gout despite the fact that they have normal uric acid level. Uric Acid Levels. What Does it mean? Uric acid is the end product of purine metabolism.   Purine is found all throughout your body since it is the building block of the DNA. All cells have preprogrammed “self-destruction” called apoptosis. Furthermore, all the foods you eat contains purine. Hence, purine will normally exist in the body. Unfortunately for you, your body can not excrete purine. Purine has to be b...

Gout causes multitudes of weird things to the body. Ranging from mysterious lumps to tiny yellow chalky nodules, there is no telling what gout will causes next! Sometimes, we even overlook the most common complications. For instance, fever! This question aims to answer the question “Can gout cause fever?” without further ado, the answer is yes!  Gout can cause fever.  But how? Is it always gout? Or maybe there is something else? The Mechanism behind Fever (Abstracted) Fever may be something uncomfortable, but it is still something you have to be thankful for. Generally speaking,  discomfort is a part of your survival instinct.  What do you do when you feel uncomfortable?  You try to remove discomfort.  If you did not take a bath for a couple of days, you may feel uncomfortable. Then, there is this eagerness that drives you to remove discomfort -  you are forced to take a bath and voila! Little did you know that your disco...