The Bacon-Gout Connection Nobody Told You About You already know alcohol and seafood can trigger gout. But what if the bacon on your breakfast plate, the ham in your sandwich, or the hot dogs at your weekend cookout were quietly raising your gout risk in a way that has nothing to do with purines? A … Read more
The Bacon-Gout Connection Nobody Told You About You already know alcohol and seafood can trigger gout. But what if the bacon on your breakfast plate, the ham in your sandwich, or the hot dogs at your weekend cookout were quietly raising your gout risk in a way that has nothing to do with purines? A … Read more
Gout and Stroke: The Hidden Risk Most People Never Hear About You probably think of gout as a joint problem. Your toe hurts, you take some medicine, you wait for the flare to pass. But what if those uric acid crystals quietly building up in your body were also setting the stage for a stroke? … Read more
The Question Every Gout Doctor Hears Most “Doc, my uric acid is normal now. Can I stop the pills?” If you have gout and you are taking allopurinol or febuxostat, you have probably asked this. Maybe more than once. It is the single most common question rheumatologists hear, and until recently, they did not have … Read more
You just finished a 10K run. Your legs ache, you’re lightheaded, and your mouth feels like sandpaper. Normal, right? Just tired from the workout. But here’s the thing nobody tells people with gout: that dehydration you’re feeling right now? It’s basically handing your joints a lit match. Last year, a guy came into my cliniclet’s … Read more
