دانلود کتاب Gout: The At Your Fingertips Guide

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Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 What is gout?......Page 12
Diagnosing gout......Page 13
What brings on an attack of gout?......Page 19
Different forms of gout......Page 21
Gout and the kidneys......Page 25
2 Living with gout......Page 27
The acute attack......Page 28
Dealing with work and gout......Page 29
Deposits of sodium urate in the joints......Page 31
Continuing healthcare......Page 35
Recuperation and exercise......Page 38
Asking for financial help......Page 40
4 Drugs to lower the level of urate in the blood......Page 58
Measuring uric acid in body fluids......Page 59
Uric acid and the kidneys......Page 62
Helping the excretion of uric acid......Page 65
Controlling the formation of uric acid......Page 70
Diet and allopurinol......Page 73
Long-term allopurinol treatment......Page 74
5 Food and drink......Page 78
Eating like a king......Page 79
Drinking like a lord......Page 84
Back to basics......Page 87
Mealtimes......Page 95
6 Gout in young people......Page 101
Familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy......Page 102
Other metabolic disorders associated with high uric acid levels and gout......Page 106
Incidence and diagnosis......Page 108
Living with LND and KSS......Page 116
7 Research and the future......Page 121
Can gout be cured?......Page 122
Research into metabolic gout......Page 124
Help for people with gout......Page 126
Glossary......Page 130
Appendix 1 Useful Addresses......Page 142
Appendix 2 Useful Publications......Page 150
Index......Page 152