More people are getting this painful disease called gout! BUT what exactly is gout?

More people are getting this painful disease called gout! BUT what exactly is gout?

Channel NewsAsia - SG·2026-01-15 05:05

About 13 years ago, Kyle Edmondson woke up after a night of drinking with friends and felt an intense pain on the top of his foot. Climbing out of bed, he could barely walk.

His doctor told Edmondson, then a product designer in his 20s living in Kentucky, that he must have banged it up and advised him to stay off it. The pain subsided after several weeks but kept returning about twice a year. At times, the pain was so severe that he would use crutches around the house and wear construction boots because the slightest touch could be excruciating.

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