Gout - World Cup Soccer Star Gets Gout
Who gets gout
Who gets gout - there are lots of myths around. Gout has been called the arthritis of the rich and the disease of the kings. People often think of gout as a problem that afflicts boozy, overweight pleasure seekers. These are all myths about gout.
Australian world cup soccer star Harry Kewell developed gout during the world cup soccer championship and has helped to dispell some of the often heard fictions about a widely misunderstood disease
So who gets gout?
There are two types of people who get gout: those who inherit a gene for it, and those that get it from drinking too much alcohol and being overweight.
If it was gout that felled the star striker — or a combination of gout, bad blisters and a chronic groin injury — then it was most likely hereditary.
Who gets gout - there are lots of myths around. Gout has been called the arthritis of the rich and the disease of the kings. People often think of gout as a problem that afflicts boozy, overweight pleasure seekers. These are all myths about gout.
Australian world cup soccer star Harry Kewell developed gout during the world cup soccer championship and has helped to dispell some of the often heard fictions about a widely misunderstood disease
So who gets gout?
There are two types of people who get gout: those who inherit a gene for it, and those that get it from drinking too much alcohol and being overweight.
If it was gout that felled the star striker — or a combination of gout, bad blisters and a chronic groin injury — then it was most likely hereditary.
Read more about gout in an athlete
Labels: arthritis, gout, joint pain
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