Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free [Perfect Paperback]

Victor Konshin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 2008

Beating Gout is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book designed for the gout sufferer. Recent research has shown that up to 78% of doctors do not treat gout properly. Historically, physicians have seen gout as a benign disease, but new research has shown that gout and its underlying cause, hyperuricemia, may cause heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, stroke and other deadly diseases. Beating Gout discusses all of these conditions and what you can do to stop gout attacks forever.

Beating Gout sets the record straight on the best and most effective ways to treat gout attacks and manage gout s underlying condition, hyperuricemia. This book covers all aspects of the disease from its progression, diagnosis, treatment, to the latest research on diet and lifestyle choices that affect gout. Over three hundred research articles and texts were reviewed for this book. No other source has more practical, scientifically backed information that gout sufferers can start using immediately to reduce or stop attacks while living a healthier and pain free life.

What you will learn:

- Learn the latest gout management techniques that can stop gout attacks forever

- Learn how to stop a gout attack in its tracks

- Learn the truth about how diet and lifestyle choices effect gout

- Completely based on the latest scientific research, not anecdotes or secret cures

- Clear and easy to understand

- Focuses on practical advice that you can use immediately to improve your gout and your health

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Beating Gout" provides an insider's view to gout, which is a common and painful disease. Victor Konshin provides an excellent and clinically useful handbook on how to recognize and manage this condition that should be useful for both the patient and physician." --Richard J, Johnson, M.D., FACP - Board member of the Gout & Uric Acid Education Society

"Fifty years ago, early in the modern era of Rheumatology diagnosing, treating and managing gouty arthritis was the one form that was the most interesting and exciting. Rheumatology knew the cause, could accurately diagnose gout and had definitive drugs to manage and treat it. Since then it has been lacking new ideas, thoughts and drugs, and good management has waned. This book sets the record straight on the best way to diagnose, treat and manage gout." --Ralph Argen, M.D., FACP, FACR

"Gout is largely mismanaged by physicians. Current guidelines have provided a gold standard to improve the quality of gout care. "Beating Gout" will help the suffers to understand the disease and to be involved in their treatment." --Weiya Zhang, M.D., European League Against Rheumatism

Review

"Beating Gout provides an insider's view to gout, which is a common and painful disease. Victor Konshin provides an excellent and clinically useful handbook on how to recognize and manage this condition that should be useful for both the patient and physician."
--Richard J, Johnson, M.D., FACP - Board member of the Gout & Uric Acid Education Society

"Fifty years ago, early in the modern era of Rheumatology diagnosing, treating and managing gouty arthritis was the one form that was the most interesting and exciting. Rheumatology knew the cause, could accurately diagnose gout and had definitive drugs to manage and treat it. Since then it has been lacking new ideas, thoughts and drugs, and good management has waned. Beating Gout sets the record straight on the best way to diagnose, treat and manage gout."
--Ralph Argen, M.D., FACP, FACR

"Gout is largely mismanaged by physicians. Current guidelines have provided a gold standard to improve the quality of gout care. Beating Gout will help the suffers to understand the disease and to be involved in their treatment."
--Weiya Zhang, M.D., European League Against Rheumatism

"Packed with useful information that patients suffering from gout should know. Beating Gout is the best resource available for learning how to properly manage gout. I strongly recommend it."
-- Elizabeth Hatton, M.D. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Ayerware Publishing; 1st edition (April 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981662447
• ISBN-13: 978-0981662442
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,225,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Information for Gout Sufferers, June 1, 2009

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John Shows - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free (Paperback)

I have been treated for Gout by my Doctor and by a Naturopath for several years, with mixed results. I've eaten cherries, taken Alopurinol, eliminated beer and reduced alcohol, cut back on meat, and tried numerous other remedies. I could expect a painful attack about once or twice a month regardless of all my efforts. This book was the first time I really began to understand the mechanism of Gout in total and how it is treated today. As a result of this book, I have not had an attack in over 5 months and am not making any onerous sacrifices. Rather than giving you one particular cure that will eliminate Gout for everyone, this book enables you to understand your disease and to work with your doctor to develop a solution that will make Gout a minor irritation in your life. Do I recommend it? If you have Gout, you don't need to ask.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Information, June 23, 2009

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R. Romero "RRR" (Los Angeles, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free (Paperback)

I've been suffering from gout for about two years and I'm frustrated that most of the information you find online conflicts each other. Doctor's don't give you much information and I was misdiagnosed several times. I can't take the common drug Allopurinol so I decided the buy the book to gain more information.

The book is a compilation of information gathered from different resources. It's thorough regarding the different treatments and drugs available. What I found most valuable was the food list that listed many foods and their purine contents.

***Update - I commented on how the food lists were valuable. One thing I wanted to point out is that there is little information on diet. As an example, the book explains that beer can raise your uric acid and that it is off limits. When you look at the food list it states that beer has 13 grams of purine. When you look at chicken for instance, it has over 100 grams - does this mean that chicken is deadly? Also, I've always been told to stay away from red meat but then again, ground beef shows much lower purine than chicken. I'm not debating if the info is correct, but how do you use this information? It's impossible to completely eliminate purine from your diet - this book doesn't focus on this.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information, June 1, 2008

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Francis Maynard "master of cookery" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free (Perfect Paperback)

This book is filled with very useful information in fairly simple terms to help put an end the the nightmare that is gout. Even a section of technical jargon that you can take to your doctor to help get your treatment plan adjusted! I recommend this book to anyone with gout.