Page 7 - The End of Gout PDF Book Download by Shelly Manning
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After my |rst encounter with gout my doctor
gave me the standard explanation of its
causes.
He said that gout was caused by excess uric
acid in the blood.
Uric acid is a byproduct of the processing of
certain foods.
The uric acid comes from the liver as a waste
product. It’s sent to the kidneys from where it
is supposed to be removed from the body.
I had gout because, in a nutshell, gout is what
you get when your body isn’t expelling all its
uric acid.
The excess uric acid forms tiny, spike-shaped
crystals.
Those crystals get into your bloodstream.
From there, they |nd their way into your joints.
And from time-to-time the immune system
