| Gout is an arthritis-based condition in
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| | the affected area will be very hot. Your
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| which the body produces high levels of
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| | joints will turn red and look as though
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| uric acid that forms crystals in the
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| | you are bruised.
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| blood. These crystals travel through the
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| | The intercritical stage is when the
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| body and are deposited in joints
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| | patient does not have gout attacks on a
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| throughout the body, usually settling in
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| | regular basis. The attack can be spread
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| the big toes, causing severe pain and
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| | out between six months to two years of
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| swelling. An attack of gout usually lasts
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| | each other. There are reported cases when
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| between five and ten days and is
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| | an attack has not re-occurred for ten
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| excruciating.
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| | years.
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| Gout is almost always found in men who
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| | The chronic stage is perhaps the worse
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| are over the age of forty, but it can
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| | stage of all. This is when joints are
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| also occur in women who are in menopause.
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| | extremely painful because of large
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| No one knows for certain what causes
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| | crystals that are not only deposited in
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| gout, although some studies suggest that
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| | the joints, but also in between the
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| there are a number of different causes.
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| | bones, in membranes and soft tissue.
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| There may be a defect in the person's
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| | It is easy to recognize gout because the
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| metabolism that causes the body to create
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| | skin that is covering the crystal
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| and retain too much uric acid. Another
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| | deposits develops ulcers that leak. A
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| cause may be that the kidney is damaged
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| | lesser, but equally painful, symptom is
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| to the point of preventing the disposal
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| | stiffness, leaving the patient unable to
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| of uric acid.
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| | move the areas that are affected.
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| If a person is being treated for high
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| | When diagnosing gout, your doctor will
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| blood pressure, Thiazide diuretic
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| | order blood tests and x-rays.
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| medications may cause an onset of gout.
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| | The blood tests are to determine the
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| There are certain blood diseases and
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| | level of uric acid that is in your blood
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| cancers that may also get it started.
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| | and the x-rays are to find where the
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| There are four stages in diagnosing gout.
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| | crystal deposits are and to determine
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| Asymptomatic stage is when the uric acid
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| | what the extent of the damage is.
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| in the blood is extremely high, but there
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| | The treatment for Gout is different for
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| are no symptoms of gout. No swelling and
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| | each person. Usually it is treated
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| no pain.
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| | through medication and dietary changes.
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| The acute stage is when it is gout is
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| | By following your doctor's instructions,
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| most painful. The pain starts in the
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| | you can lessen the severity of each
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| joints as a dull ache and quickly becomes
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| | attack.
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| excruciating. Swelling soon follows and
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