UkGoutSociety.org
Title
United Kingdom Gout Society, supporting gout sufferers throughout the UK with advice, information and treatment suggestions
Description
To provide gout sufferers with further information about the causes and treatment of gout, and about organisations that are committed to education, health promotion and the prevention of gout.
A community-based questionnaire survey of more than 1109 people undertaken by Omnimas in the UK in 2002 revealed the following misconceptions about gout, its symptoms, clinical manifestations, prevalence and causes.
While 52% correctly thought that the first symptoms of gout usually occurred in the toes; 32% said legs, 4% said kidneys, 1% said nose and 20% did not know.
