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Gaining an Understanding of Gout

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Gout affects around 0.8% of Australians, causing severe episodes of pain and swelling that often occur without any warning.

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Gout is a common type of inflammatory arthritis that causes sudden flares of pain, swelling and redness in the joints. Symptoms have a much quicker onset than other forms of arthritis, and attacks often occur overnight.

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Thanh Trang
17 Apr 2023
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Gwendoline Maddox
09 May 2023
Good source of information and understanding
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Angela Rowe
21 Mar 2023
Simple and to the point
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Bina Baniya
12 Apr 2021
Informative
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Michael Gillies
11 Mar 2020
Ive never really dealt with gout before so my knowledge was a little lacking in that area. This was informative
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Carolyn Daly
01 Apr 2023
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Informative.
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