Description: Gout is now the most treatable and preventable type of arthritis, yet many people still suffer repeated attacks, and the condition remains surrounded by myths and misunderstanding. In this practical and readable book Bryan Emmerson, an expert in the field, provides a complete background to an understanding of gout, which he argues is central to its prevention and treatment. With the aid of cartoons and diagrams, he traces the condition from Hippocrates to the present, covering every aspect of gout likely to concern sufferers, from biology to management and prevention. All the popular fallacies about the nature and causes of gout are examined scientifically, but in a way that lay readers will find understandable and sympathetic. Getting Rid of Gout offers sensible advice on one of the most baffling of medical conditions.

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