People who suffer from gout also have kidney problems. Common symptoms of gout are that of arthritis. During the interim of pain and joint discomfort patients or gout sufferers are given medication to relieve the pain of arthritis. In doing so doctors are  really only treating symptoms of arthritis and therefore are not medically correcting the causes of gout which result from excess uric acid in the body. Which is the result of improper kidney function.

Physicians should encourage patients with gout to drink lots of water and include lemons as part of their diet.  Supplements like magnesium, vitamin B6 and potassium citrate can also help in regulating the kidneys into their proper balance and function; thus producing adequate and stable amounts of uric acid in the body.