http://www.beatinggout.com/2009/04/why-is-gout-so-often-mismanaged/ Stop gout pain forever! From the author of the #1 book on gout. Sat, 21 May 2011 11:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.beatinggout.com/2009/04/why-is-gout-so-often-mismanaged/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Burton Abrams Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:37:27 +0000 http://www.beatinggout.com/?p=179#comment-25 With regard to the association of hyperuricemia with some very serious diseases, there is another possibility besides one causing the other. The other possibility is another cause for both. The cause that I have in mind is sleep apnea, which has been known for a while to cause hyperuricemia and to have all the currently recognized diseases associated with hyperuricemia as some of its consequences. See my article on this website -- <a href="http://www.beatinggout.com/2009/04/14/gout-and-the-sleep-apnea-connection/" rel="nofollow">Gout and the Sleep Apnea Connection</a>. With regard to the association of hyperuricemia with some very serious diseases, there is another possibility besides one causing the other. The other possibility is another cause for both. The cause that I have in mind is sleep apnea, which has been known for a while to cause hyperuricemia and to have all the currently recognized diseases associated with hyperuricemia as some of its consequences. See my article on this website — Gout and the Sleep Apnea Connection.

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