# name
Gout: a nutritional and pharmacological analysis

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Treballs Finals de Grau de Farmàcia, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, 2020. Tutor/a: Rafecas Martínez, Magdalena

# metadata.dc.description.abstract[].value
Gout  is  a  chronic,  metabolic,  and  inflammatory  disease,  strongly  related  to  high concentrations of serum uric acid. It is characterized by the deposition of monosodium 
urate crystals in the joint, which provokes an inflammatory process, and that is why it is 
characterized as a type of arthritis. Despite  it being  a well-known disease and several 
drugs  being  available  for  its  treatment,  evidence  has  shown  that  the  diet  plays  an 
important  role  in  gout  management.  Therefore,  the  objective  of  this  study  is  to
determine  if  proper  diet  control  is as effective  as the pharmacological  treatment for 
disease management. For this study, bibliographical research  has been conducted using
the main scientific databases, where the most recent and relevant articles have been 
selected. The research has provided information on gout basis and its causes, the actual 
pharmacological treatment, and  what  impact  the  diet  can  have  on the disease. Also, a 
short  interview  with  a  patient  has  been  carried  out  and  compared  to  the  research. 
Overall, this study concludes  that proper diet control has a similar impact in comparison 
to  the  pharmacological  treatment  for  gout  management,  especially  in  hyperuricemia 
reduction.

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Treballs Finals de Grau (TFG) - Farmàcia

# metadata.dc.title[].value
Gout: a nutritional and pharmacological analysis