For people who don’t understand what gout is, it’s simple: it caused by excess levels of uric acid in the blood which may form crystals around various bodily joints leading to joint inflammation, pain, swelling, redness, and in extreme cases joint deformity!

What can be done to reduce uric acid levels and prevent crystal formation? There are drugs, dietary advice and supplements available. For many, it seems it’s a matter of experimentation – find out what works for you!

Comment:

Greetings, great site here. Interesting comments about symptoms; mine are not typical! Everyone is different but I seem to get atypical symptoms - especially swelling and pain in non-joints which is down to excess uric acid and crystal formation I’ve been told. During working hours, if my gout plays up I go home – lol! I stopped using gout drugs because of dangerous side effects. I believe understanding gout disease is essential to coping with it in my opinion. I will pass on your site address to my friend who has gout. Thanks. M ‘Ron’ Stanley