A study published by Choi et al in the Journal of Clinical Medicine has found that patients with gout may also be at risk for the peripheral vertigo conditions benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and Meniere’s disease, though patients with gout were not found to be at an increased risk for vestibular neuronitis. Researchers performed a retrospective analysis of data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service Health Screening Cohort; about 24,000 patients were identified and matched with about 95,000 controls. Patients with gout had a 1.13-fold higher risk of BPPV and a 1.15-fold higher risk of Meniere’s disease than controls. The study authors concluded, “Our study is meaningful in revealing that BPPV and Meniere’s disease are novel comorbidities associated with gout. Thus, controlling gout will also contribute to lowering the risk of comorbid diseases such as BPPV and Meniere’s disease.”
May 01, 2023