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Of all the causes of gout, I’ve just heard of the most outlandish (in every sense of the word). It’s the moon!

Now I’ve often thought of myself as a lunatic, but now I know there might be a scientific reason. Actually, this is not real news, as the study was published in 2000, but it has been cited a lot recently due to other lunar effect studies.

The study, “Gout attacks and the lunar cycle” by Mikulecky and Rovensky, mapped 126 gout attacks between 1972 and 1994. It found that gout attacks were higher during full and new moons. This coincides with the moons greatest tide effects.

No reasons are offered, and I’m certainly not going to provide one. In just the same way that I can provide no explanation to the mouthwash story from my reader on Your Gout Views page.

What causes of gout do you know about? Please tell me by commenting below, or via my Contact Page.