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Gout: Disease
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Gout used to be thought of as a disease of the rich and famous who ate and drank excessively. Although aexcessive alcohol and food contributes to your risk factors for Gout there is more to the it than that. Another fact is that men account for over 90 per cent of all cases of gout.
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Gout in women occurs exclusively after menopause. Women develop gout at an older age than men and have twice the prevalence of hypertension, renal insufficiency and exposure to diuretics.9 The onset of gout before age 30 in men or before menopause in women is atypical and raises concern about an associated inherited enzyme defect or renal disease.
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