That Purple Pill for Heartburn Might Be Wrecking Your Uric Acid You take omeprazole every morning. Maybe esomeprazole. Maybe lansoprazole. One of those little capsules that keeps the acid reflux at bay so you can drink your coffee without regretting it an hour later. Nobody told you it might be pushing your uric acid through … Read more
Pseudogout vs Gout: Why the Wrong Crystal Could Mean the Wrong Treatment for Years You wake up in the middle of the night. Your knee is on fire: swollen, red, throbbing with pain so intense that the bedsheet touching it feels like sandpaper. If you’ve had gout before, you’d probably assume this is another flare. … Read more
You Cut the Steak, Dropped the Eggs, and Your Uric Acid Still Won’t Move If you’ve been dealing with gout for a while, you’ve probably heard the same advice a hundred times: cut the purines. Drop the red meat. Skip the seafood. Lay off the beer. So you did. You swapped steak for salads. You … Read more
Here’s the Weird Thing About Gout and Your Bones You’ve probably heard that uric acid is the villain. It crystallizes in your joints, triggers agonizing flares, and slowly damages tissue. That part is true. But here’s what catches people off guard: for years, researchers thought high uric acid might actually protect your bones. A meta-analysis … Read more
Your Gout Crystals Aren’t Just in Your Joints. They’re in Your Arteries. Think about the last time gout hit you. That throbbing big toe, the swollen ankle, the knee that screamed at the slightest touch. You probably thought the problem was in your joint, right? What if I told you those same needle-sharp crystals are … Read more
Only 1 in 3 People With Gout Take Their Medication. Here’s Why That’s a Crisis. If you have high blood pressure, there’s a roughly 70% chance you take your pills every day. Diabetes? About 65%. Osteoporosis? Around 55%. Gout? Thirty-seven percent. That’s not a typo. According to data presented at the RheumNow Gout Campaign in … Read more