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All You Need to Know About: GOUT

All You Need to Know About: GOUT. Hello! Bye!. Dorothy Anne Garcia BIOL 200 - Nutrition Winter 2012. WHAT IS IT?. Type of arthritis where uric acid builds up in the fluid around joints May cause crystals to form around joints and make them inflamed

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All You Need to Know About: GOUT

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  1. All You Need to Know About: GOUT Hello! Bye! Dorothy Anne Garcia BIOL 200 - Nutrition Winter 2012

  2. WHAT IS IT? • Type of arthritis where uric acid builds up in the fluid around joints • May cause crystals to form around joints and make them inflamed • Two types:- Acute: short-term and affects one joint- Chronic: many episodes and may affect several joints at the same time

  3. Causes • Buildup of uric acid around joints • Synovial fluid and uric acid harden around joints to make them inflamed and cause pain • Can develop in people with: - diabetes- kidney disease- obesity- anemias- leukemia and other blood cancers

  4. Symptoms • Episodes of redness, swelling, sharp pain, and tenderness in big toe during the night • Pain can also occur in feet, ankles, and knees • Pain can occur constantly, or episodes can go away for weeks or years and then come back

  5. Treatments • Shot of corticosteroids • Take ibuprofen or another anti-inflammatory drug to ease pain • Lower intake of: - meat - seafood - alcohol

  6. 3 Day Diet Plan – DAY 1

  7. 3 Day Diet Plan – DAY 2

  8. 3 Day Diet Plan – DAY 3

  9. Quiz • What is the cause of gout? • When does a person with gout typically experience pain? • If you have gout, what three things should you eat less of?

  10. Sources • Contemporary Nutrition; Wardlaw, Gordon M. & Smith, Anne M. Mc-Graw Hill, 2011 • Food Composition Table; Mc-Graw Hill 2009 • http://arthritis.webmd.com/tc/gout-topic-overview • http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gout/DS00090 • http://www.medicinenet.com/gout/article.htm

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