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After completing his medical training at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy) and his residency training in rheumatology, Dr. Cipolletta received a PhD on the diagnosis and prognosis of flares in crystal arthritis in 2025. He is currently a consultant with protected research time at the Marche University Hospitals (Italy) and a research associate at the University of Nottingham (UK). Apart from crystal arthritis, his research interests include the epidemiology of rheumatic diseases, ultrasonography in musculoskeletal diseases, and the development of clinical prognostic models.
We have spent decades teaching that a gout flare is a joint problem: a hot, swollen, painful joint that we treat with anti-inflammatory drugs and move on from (i.e., the treat to avoid symptoms strategy). The campaign title says it well — gout is more than flares.
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