CreakyJoints Launches The Gout Show, a New Podcast Series and Educational Campaign

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Jessica Daitch

Phone: 917-816-6712

Email: [email protected]

It is estimated that nearly 4 percent of the U.S. population (or 9.2 million people) are living with gout, a form of arthritis that causes severe, sudden attacks of inflammation, often in the toe joints or other large joints. Attacks occur following an overproduction of urate in the blood (known as hyperuricemia), which causes uric acid crystals to build up in the joints and trigger debilitating pain. Gout is a genetic condition. While more men than women get gout, anyone is susceptible if their body doesn’t properly break down uric acid before it crystallizes in the joints.

“The good news is that gout is highly treatable, but in order to address it with our patients, they have to recognize their symptoms and report them to their doctor,” said Payam Shakouri, MD, a nephrologist with Advanced Kidney Care of Hudson Valley in New York and a medical adviser to CreakyJoints. ““Not only can gout be disabling disruptive to a person’s quality of life, but it can cause serious damage to joints, bones and organs. I’m pleased to contribute advice on The Gout Show and encourage people living with gout to listen to the series and report any symptoms they might have to their health-provider team.”

The Gout Show also includes expert advice from Theodore R. Fields, MD, a rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.

While physicians guide the science of the podcast, patients drive the narrative. “I was surprised when — at age 32 — I was diagnosed with gout after experiencing pain in my knee. I thought it was a simple running injury that I could rehab, and I mistakenly thought gout started just in the big toe,” said Ashley Newton, a CreakyJoints member who shares her gout story in episode one of The Gout Show. “As I’ve learned more about gout, I’ve prioritized keeping up with my treatments, tracking my symptoms in CreakyJoints’ ArthritisPower® Research Registry, and sharing what I know about gout with other people in the event they may be experiencing symptoms that need to be reported to a doctor.”

CreakyJoints is a digital community for millions of arthritis patients and caregivers worldwide who seek education, support, advocacy, and patient-centered research. We represent patients in English and Spanish through our popular social media channels, our websites CreakyJoints.org, CreakyJoints.org.es, CreakyJoints.org.au, and the 50-State Network, which includes more than 1,500 trained volunteer patient, caregiver, and health care activists.

As part of the Global Healthy Living Foundation, CreakyJoints also has a patient-reported outcomes registry called ArthritisPower (ArthritisPower.org) with more than 29,000 consented arthritis patients who track their disease while volunteering to participate in longitudinal and observational research. CreakyJoints also publishes the popular “Raising the Voice of Patients” series, which are downloadable patient-centered educational and navigational tools for managing chronic illness. It also hosts PainSpot (PainSpot.org), a digital risk assessment tool for musculoskeletal conditions and injuries, and eRheum (eRheum.org) for telehealth and virtual care support. For more information and to become a member (for free), visit CreakyJoints.org.

Media Contact: Jessica Daitch | Phone: 917-816-6712 | Email: [email protected]

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About Global Healthy Living Foundation
The Global Healthy Living Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses (such as arthritis, osteoporosis, migraine, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, and cardiovascular disease) by advocating for improved access to health care at the community, state, and federal levels, and amplifying education and awareness e!orts within its social media framework. GHLF is also a staunch advocate for vaccines. The Global Healthy Living Foundation is the parent organization of CreakyJoints®, the digital community for millions of arthritis patients and caregivers worldwide who seek education, support, activism, and patient-centered research through our ArthritisPower® (ArthritisPower.org) Research Registry. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, GHLF started a Patient Support Program, informed by a patient council made up of people living with a wide range of chronic illnesses, that now serves more than 30,000 people. Via CreakyJoints, GHLF also hosts PainSpot (PainSpot.org), a digital risk-assessment tool for musculoskeletal conditions and injuries, and eRheum (eRheum.org), for telehealth and virtual-care support. Visit ghlf.org for more information.