Elevated blood uric acid and gout are common conditions in the United States. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2008 (NHANES) has shown that gout affects almost 4 percent of the population.
That & # 39; s 8.3 million people. But more disturbing is the more than doubled in the last couple of decades. There are many reasons for this increasing incidence of other medical conditions that are risk factors for gout. The metabolic syndrome appears to be the end of lifestyle choices that are commonplace in the United States.
In addition, as has been described earlier, gout is associated with other common medical conditions that also a carry a hefty price tag.
While most people perceive it is more than that. Medical condition, it is now recognized as a fundamental risk factor for death due to cardiovascular disease. What is more surprising is that this elevated risk independent of these other factors including presence of high blood pressure, diabetes, age, gender, and elevated blood lipid levels.
Another disturbing association is gout and kidney disease. 100 ___ ___ 0 ___ ___ 0 ___ ___ 0 ___ ___ 0 ___ ___ 0 ___ ___ 0 to elevated blood levels of uric acid. I have an influence on the kidney disease ___ ___ ___ ___ 0 to the cardiac issues described earlier.
Roughly, 60 per cent of people with gout have some medications used to treat acute gout attacks as as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine may have an adverse effect on kidney function. traditional medicine used for reducing serum uric acid, allopurinol, also must have dose adjustments made in the presence of kidney abnormalities.
It is clear that gouty arthritis is a public health issue that causes significant morbidity as well as mortality and must be addressed more aggressively.
