Acute Gout Shouldn’t be Treated by Correcting the Underlying Metabolic Abnormality
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T here are a number of reasons for rheumatological consultations. Four of the most common causes, in the author’s experience, are due to misunderstandings. These misunderstandings are: (1) the patient’s understanding of the term “back,” needn’t be medically accurate; (2) acute gout shouldn’t be treated by correcting the underlying metabolic abnormality; (3) rheumatic distress needn’t be due to musculoskeletal pain; and (4) rheumatic pain, suffering, and disability, needn’t be due to a musculoskeletal abnormality. The first three of these are relatively easy to manage. The fourth is a major clinical challenge.
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