Gout patients shouldn't trust TikTok videos for advice on managing their condition, a new study says.
Most videos portray gout flares as a personal choice that can be alleviated through a healthy diet and less booze, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal Rheumatology Advances in Practice.
The videos fail to focus on effective medical treatments for gout, including drugs that lower uric aid levels and reduce swelling, researchers said.
"TikTok promotes a wide range of information about gout that may be misleading or inconsistent with medical guidelines," a team led by Samuela Ofanoa, a research fellow at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, concluded.
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