Waris Qidwai.
Hyperuricemia and its Management: an Emerging Public Health and Clinical Practice Challenge.
J Liaquat Uni Med Health Sci Jan ;15(2):55-6.

Hyperuricemia and gout has traditionally been regarded as the disease of the affluent, being associated with unhealthy lifestyle including alcohol consumption. It has been identified as a disease entity since early period of Egyptian civilization and was known to Hippocrates.1 It is now emerging as a serious public health and a clinical practice challenge for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, it has so far been very narrowly seen in the limited context of gout and urolithiasis. Traditionally, the role of diet has rightly assumed a central and key position in the management of hyperuricemia but unfortunately with lesser value attached to drug therapy for its more aggressive control.

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