Yes. We must ask…
So what is gout?
Gout is a painful and debilitating condition.
It runs in my family. Doctors frequently treated it poorly.
I recall an elderly relative turning his gnarled, tophaceous hands in bemused horror at what they had become; another, stricken with gout, wincing silently as she chopped the onions.
Crying.
Their
experience is a microcosm of the suffering many New Zealanders endure with
gout.
It is an important condition that deserves wide recognition and continued efforts to manage using best practice.
