Within the framework of the international cooperation program on gout between the University of Paris 7 of France and the Institute of Gout with a number of scientific and technicalorganizations of Vietnam, on June 20, 2017, at the residence of the Consul General of France in Ho Chi Minh City, Consulate General of France, University of Paris 7, Ho Chi Minh City Medical University, Military Hospital 175 - Ministry Viet Nam,French-Vietnamese gout research center and Gout Institute of General Surgery are two units under the Gout Management Company Limited jointly organizing the scientific meeting "Gout in Vietnam: Situation,needed measures to be implemented for better gout understanding and treatment”.

            The meeting was attended by Mr. Emmanuel LY - BATALLAN - Consul General of France in Ho Chi Minh City. There are also Prof. Christine Clerici, President of Paris 7; Prof. FrédéricOgée, Vice President, in charge of cooperation with Asia Pacific University of Paris 7; Professor Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Health Department; Mr. Nguyen DinhQuang, Chairman of Gout Institute; Prof. Thomas Bardin, co-director of the French-Vietnamese gout research center; Leader of Department of Science and Technology, Department of Foreign Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City, Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 175 Military Hospital - Ministry of Defense, many scientists in Vietnam and France.

            Specialist level 2 Pham Ngoc Nhu, Director of the General Clinic of Gout Ho Chi Minh City, said that there had been thousands of gout patients in Vietnam (from April 2009 to April 2017) treated at the clinic, in which many people were very sick, complicated and appeared alarming status.

            At the meeting, Professor Thomas Bardin, co-director of the Center for Study of the French-Vietnamese gout, shared that gout was a disease caused by exceeded uric acid level leading to the formation of crystals in the joints.These crystals trigger intense, acute pain and eventually destroy the joints.

Professor Thomas Bardin

        "If the patient is not treated against increased deposition,if we do not treat the cause of the disease, i.e. not to treat excess uric acid, the deposition will become worse, and the clinical consequences are more serious: Complications leading to disability, joint destruction, formation of toxins invading the organs of the body, especially under the skin and kidneys.Increased deposition of crystals is due to distraction in the treatment of uric acidosis, and thus significantly reduces the quality of life as well as the patient's ability to work ", Prof. Thomas Bardin emphasized.

            Gout becomes serious if its treatmentis distracted and can lead to premature death.In fact, gout is associated with high blood pressure, which can lead to diabetes, heart disease and kidney failure, partly due to crystalline accumulated in the kidneys.If you neglect the treatment of the cause, gout will reduce the life expectancy.

            According to Nguyen DinhQuang, Chairman of Gout Institute, Gout Institute Ho Chi Minh City was established in 2008 as a place for intensive treatment of gout, opening up many opportunities for diagnosis and treatment of gout.

            Since 2011, the Institute of Gout, under the Gout Institute which is now the French-Vietnamese gout research center, was established to coordinate with the clinics toresearch on the perfect model of treatment for gout patients.

            Prof. Thomas Bardin, University of Paris 7 and Lariboisière Hospital have been supporting the continuation of the treatment model in the Gout Clinic since 2014.Gout Clinic is the only place in the world that specializes in gout.As such, it offers an effective treatment for gout complications.This model, althoughrequiringmore refined, is certainly useful and appropriate for emerging countries where gout is serious like in Vietnam.