The gout

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DATE : Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST
Entered in Database : 2010-02-05 05:00:00
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What is gout? Gout was once considered a disease of the rich and overindulgent. Benjamin Franklin plays with this idea in his 1870 essay "Dialogue with the Gout," in which he confesses the luxuries of his sedentary life. Gout is an intensely painful form of arthritis. The direct cause of the pain is uric acid. Produced naturally from the breakdown of proteins in the blood, uric acid is usually expelled by our kidneys. When the kidneys fail to do this, the acid turns to crystals that build up around joints, causing inflammation what Franklin referred to as "cruel sufferings." Script Number: 30135 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

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