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Iamgroot_gout

Hi, I am new here and pleased to meet you. As a female aged 38 pre menopause I do not fit in the usual catagory for a gout sufferer but for the past year have been treated for 7 acute attacks which have affected my work and personal life. It has been very hard for people to accept and understand that I have gout due to falling outside the usual statistics!

Ellen

Hi @Iamgroot_gout Welcome to the Online Community I am very pleased to meet you too!

You are indeed a bit of a rarity as far as Gout is concerned:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/gout/

I hope you are now on some more preventative treatments?

This article will definitely strike a chord with you:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2020/august/busting-the-myths-of-gout/

Do please have a look around the Community and join in wherever you feel comfortable. Our members are very supportive and will be very welcoming.

Best wishes

Ellen.