title: Too painful to be trivialised.
abstract: Known as the 'disease of kings' and often trivialised as a self-inflicted condition, gout is in fact the most common type of inflammatory arthritis, affecting 1.4 per cent of the UK population. A wide range of risk factors, including genetics, play a part in its development. Early detection and treatment are important, as it is often extremely painful.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D006073:Gout / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D015995:Prevalence; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology