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Big Toe Isn’t Biggest Culprit in Gout Flare-Ups; Other Joints Tied to Higher Risk
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The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but Mayo Clinic has found that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow. The study is among several that Mayo researchers were presenting in Madrid at the European League Against Rheumatism's annual meeting.
In other findings, Mayo discovered a clue to why lupus tends to be worse in African-Americans, chronicled erratic blood pressure in rheumatoid arthritis patients found gout-like deposits in the joints of people with advanced osteoarthritis and examined why smoking doubles the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
Read entire news release: EULAR61013
Journalists: Edited sound bites with Rheumatology chair at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Eric Matteson, M.D., are in the downloads.
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