"Dubbed 'the disease of kings and the king of diseases,' gout has long had the reputation as a condition primarily afflicting men who are well off. A short list of noted sufferers includes Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Henry VIII, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Voltaire, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. ...
Today, about 3.4 million men from all walks of life in the United States have the disease some patients call "gouch," making it the most common form of inflammatory arthritis among males. Men develop gout twice as often as women do.
Gout can produce mild pain, but patients often describe it as the worst physical anguish they have ever experienced. Untreated joints throb endlessly and become so tender that they explode with pain at the slightest touch ..."
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