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Gout: The painful rheumatic disease

Dr Omondi Oyoo, Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Anyone who has suffered from gout will tell you that it is a very painful experience. (PHOTO: FILE/ STANDARD)

Anyone who has suffered from gout will tell you that it is a very painful experience.

According to Dr Omondi Oyoo, Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist at Aga Khan University Hospital, gout is a condition characterised by pain and swelling of joints resulting from high concentration of uric acid in the blood.

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