Gout

Risk Factors, Prevalence & Impact on Health

Buch | Hardcover

180 Seiten

2017
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-1781-3 (ISBN)

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It may have once been known as Disease of Kings, but gout is a growing problem for ordinary people around the world. This book brings together multinational expertise to draw out an understanding of this disease that will be useful for the academic, the clinician and indeed the sufferer of gout. Highlighting recent understandings of the genetic background to the condition, with detailed pathophysiology and epidemiology, this book brings together and illustrates the disease mechanisms that cause gout. There follows both an academic and practical appraisal of the dietary risk factors for the development of gout, and the cardiovascular associations that heighten morbidity. With state of the art imaging modalities, the process and sequelae of the disease is captured within the human body, describing in pictures the damage and effect that gout crystals can produce. That damage can be avoided however, if simple principles of treatment and lifestyle modifications are followed. Horizon scanning for yet more drugs to address this growing and unmet need is highlighted as new options that have either recently become available or will be accessible in the near future are explored. With the increasing incidence and prevalence of this condition we are all going to have greater exposure to gout. This book is a timely resource, written by experts, yet accessibly written for all, and certainly not just for kings.

Preface; Genetic Influences in Gout; Pathophysiology of Gout; Diet & Gout; Epidemiology of Gout: Prevalence & Incidence; Imaging in Gout; Cardiovascular Risk & Gout; Existing Treatments for Gout: Drugs & Lifestyle Modifications; Developments in Gout Treatment: New Approaches to an Old Disease; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.06.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	424 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Rheumatologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Orthopädie
ISBN-10	1-5361-1781-1 / 1536117811
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-1781-3 / 9781536117813
Zustand	Neuware