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Non-Profit Group Launches Educational Web Site For Gout Sufferers
The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society,
a non-profit group of health care professionals, today launched
http://www.gouteducation.org , a valuable educational resource for gout
sufferers and their caregivers. The Web site is designed to help gout
sufferers enhance their understanding of the disease and its treatments,
embrace lifestyle modifications and, ideally, restore some control and
spontaneity to their lives.
"Many people think gout died with Ben Franklin, but more than two
million people in the United States suffer with gout today," said N.
Lawrence Edwards, M.D., Chairman and CEO of the Gout & Uric Acid Education
Society and Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine at the
University of Florida, Gainesville. "We formed the Gout & Uric Acid
Education Society and launched this Web site to educate the public and the
health care community about gout and the related health care consequences
of hyperuricemia, with the aim of improving the quality of care and
minimizing the burden of gout. Our site is a one-stop resource for gout
sufferers and their caregivers."
The Society's Web site, http://www.gouteducation.org, provides
information on risk factors and triggers of gout, diagnosis, lifestyle and
diet adjustments and treatments to manage the disease, among other relevant
topics. Additional information will be added to the site on an ongoing
basis. The site text is adapted from the Gout & Uric Acid Education
Society's brochure About Gout: What you need to know about gout and uric
acid.
About Gout
Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis in men over 40.
Women typically do not suffer from gout until after menopause. It is also
one of the most painful forms of arthritis -- often compared by gout
sufferers as a pain level equivalent to childbirth or the fracture of long
bones. Two thirds of gout sufferers described their typical gout flare as,
or close to, the worst pain possible in a recent survey by Harris
Interactive.
Gout is caused by an accumulation of sodium urate crystals in the
joints. These crystals form when there is an abnormally high level of uric
acid in the body. Following a first attack of gout, approximately 60
percent of patients will experience another attack within the first year
and 78 percent within the next two years. If gout is left untreated it can
lead to permanent joint damage and chronic pain.
About Uric Acid and Hyperuricemia
Uric acid is naturally present in small amounts in the body. It is a
normal waste product that results from the breakdown of purines found in
cells or absorbed in food.
Normally, uric acid dissolves in the blood and passes through the
kidneys into the urine. When more uric acid is produced than the kidneys
can eliminate, the serum uric acid level increases. This elevated level is
known as hyperuricemia. When the uric acid level increases to 6.8 mg/dL it
begins to crystallize in joints and can lead to painful gout attacks.
About The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society
The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society is a non-profit group of health
care professionals with expertise in rheumatology, nephrology, pharmacy,
cardiology and nutrition whose mission is to educate the public and health
care community about gout and the related health care consequences of
hyperuricemia, with the aim of improving the quality of care and minimizing
the burden of gout. For more information, visit
http://www.gouteducation.org or contact the Society at
contactus@gouteducation.org, or at 877-540-GOUT (4688) or write The Gout &
Uric Acid Education Society, 875 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 3300, Chicago,
IL 60611-1959.
The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society's patient education resources
are supported by grants from Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and TAP
Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. Corporate sponsors do not review or
contribute to editorial content. Content does not reflect the views,
opinions or commercial interests of the Gout & Uric Acid Education Society
sponsors.
Harris Interactive Online Survey of 321 gout patients who have
experienced a gout flare. Survey was fielded October 2 to October 9, 2006.
Gout & Uric Acid Education Society
http://www.gouteducation.org
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