I was left with agonising join pain because doctors think only MEN get gout. Now they’re warning others about common misdiagnoses and how to protect your health
Crawling into bed to rest her painful left toe, Mel Gardener winced as she covered herself with a cotton sheet. Even the touch of this light fabric was excruciating. ‘I’d never experienced anything like this before – a searing, burning, throbbing pain – and couldn’t believe that even a sheet on my foot could hurt