Medically accurate gout guides

Basics What is gout? A 5-minute guide so flares stop ruling your life

Gout is not a "rich man's disease". Understanding uric acid is the first step to controlling it.

Basics Gout: 7 truths your doctor wants you to know before it's too late

No pain does not mean cured. Gout builds silently between attacks.

Basics What is gout? The simplest explanation for first-timers

Just told you have gout? Here is the plain-language version.

Basics 8 early warning signs of gout before the first attack

Gout gives warnings for months. Here is what to notice.

Basics Gout symptoms stage by stage — and 4 conditions often confused with it

Not every swollen joint is gout. A comparison guide.

Basics Acute gout: what to do in the first 48 hours to shorten the attack

Hour-by-hour checklist for the first night and the two days after.

Basics Can gout be cured? The honest answer from modern medicine

Not "cured" like a cold — but you can live flare-free for life.

Basics Chronic gout: signs you have progressed, kidney complications, and how to turn it back

Years of "it goes away on its own" lead here. It's not too late.

Basics What are tophi? Do they dissolve, do they need surgery, and how to shrink them

The white lumps on toes and ears mean long-standing gout. Good news: most dissolve without surgery.

Diet What to avoid with gout: 15 forbidden foods and 5 you can keep

You don't have to give up everything. A practical list.

Diet What to eat with gout: a 7-day menu that is filling, tasty and still lowers uric acid

A concrete day-by-day menu using everyday Vietnamese ingredients.

Diet Can you eat eggs with gout? Yes — and here is the best way

Eggs are the safest protein for gout. How many, and cooked how?

Diet Can you eat chicken with gout? Yes — if you choose these cuts and amounts

Chicken is moderate in purines. Here is the cut-by-cut table.

Diet Can you eat fish with gout? 12 fish ranked by purine — safe to forbidden

Fish is heart-healthy but many types are purine bombs.

Treatment Gout medications: the 3 drug groups doctors prescribe and the mistakes that make it worse

Stopping the uric acid drug once the pain is gone is the most common mistake.

Treatment 9 evidence-based ways to lower uric acid, ranked by effectiveness

From water to medication — how many µmol/L each method actually drops.

Treatment Colchicine: how to use it correctly in a gout flare, dosing and 5 must-knows

Cheap and effective — but wrong use causes diarrhoea and toxicity.

Treatment Allopurinol: the most-used uric acid drug — how long, what dose, is it hard on the liver and kidneys?

"Do I take allopurinol for life?" — the full answer.

Treatment Acute gout pain relief: what to take to ease pain within 24 hours, and 3 things never to use

Woken at 2 a.m. in agony — what should be in your medicine cabinet?

Treatment How gout is treated: a 12-month roadmap to zero flares (international guidelines)

Month by month: what to do, what to measure, what target to hit.

Treatment Febuxostat: the newer uric acid drug — when to use instead of allopurinol and the heart warning

Stronger and less allergenic than allopurinol, but carries a cardiovascular warning.

Herbal Home remedies for gout: 10 folk methods that actually help (and 3 to drop)

Perilla, gnetum, celery — which have evidence and which are just hearsay?

Herbal Are gout effervescent tablets worth it? Ingredients, price and who they suit

Heavily advertised — what are they really?

Herbal Japanese gout supplements: Anserine, Minami, Ribeto — which are worth it?

Japan is famous for quality — and for fake parallel imports.

Herbal Gnetum (cao gắm) for gout: does the Tay ethnic remedy work? How to use and where to buy

The most talked-about Vietnamese folk remedy for gout.

Herbal Teas for gout: the 6 best herbal teas and how to brew them properly

Which tea, when, and how many cups.

Herbal Perilla leaf for gout: the science, 4 effective ways to use it, and long-term cautions

The cheapest, most available, and most scientifically grounded herb for gout.

Testing What is uric acid, and why this one number decides your gout risk

Understand uric acid and you understand gout.

Testing Normal uric acid levels by age and sex — and how to read your result

Holding a lab report and not sure if 7.2 mg/dL is high? This table answers in 10 seconds.

Testing Uric acid testing: where, how much, fasting rules and reading the result

Hospital lab vs private clinic vs home meter.