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  2. Allopurinol - Wikipedia

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    Allopurinol is used to reduce urate formation in conditions where urate deposition has already occurred or is predictable. The specific diseases and conditions where it is used include gouty arthritis, skin tophi, kidney stones, idiopathic gout; uric acid lithiasis; acute uric acid nephropathy; neoplastic disease and myeloproliferative disease with high cell turnover rates, in which high urate ...

  3. Gout - Wikipedia

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    Gout presenting as slight redness in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe. Gout can present in several ways, although the most common is a recurrent attack of acute inflammatory arthritis (a red, tender, hot, swollen joint). [4] The metatarsophalangeal joint at the base of the big toe is affected most often, accounting for half of cases ...

  4. Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease

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    When symptomatic, the disease classically begins with symptoms that are similar to a gout attack (thus the moniker pseudogout). These include: [citation needed] severe pain; warmth; swelling of one or more joints; severe fatigue; fever; feeling of malaise or flu-like symptoms; inability to walk or perform everyday tasks or hobbies

  5. Colchicine - Wikipedia

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    Colchicine is a medication used to prevent and treat gout, [3] [4] to treat familial Mediterranean fever [5] and Behçet's disease, [6] and to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction. [7] The American College of Rheumatology recommends colchicine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or steroids in the treatment of gout.

  6. Uric acid - Wikipedia

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    A 2011 survey in the United States indicated that 3.9% of the population had gout, whereas 21.4% had hyperuricemia without having symptoms. [ 43 ] Excess blood uric acid (serum urate) can induce gout , [ 44 ] a painful condition resulting from needle-like crystals of uric acid termed monosodium urate crystals [ 45 ] precipitating in joints ...

  7. Hyperuricemia - Wikipedia

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    Unless high blood levels of uric acid are determined in a clinical laboratory, hyperuricemia may not cause noticeable symptoms in most people. [5] Development of gout – which is a painful, short-term disorder – is the most common consequence of hyperuricemia, which causes deposition of uric acid crystals usually in joints of the extremities, but may also induce formation of kidney stones ...

  8. Chondrocalcinosis - Wikipedia

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    As with most conditions, chondrocalcinosis can present with similarity to other diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis and gout. [1] Genetics. More research is needed on the role of genetics in the development of chondrocalcinosis and CPPD, but there is some evidence that mutations of the ANKH gene may lead to chondrocalcinosis. [13]

  9. Heberden's node - Wikipedia

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    Heberden's nodes are hard or bony swellings that can develop in the distal interphalangeal joints (DIP) (the joints closest to the end of the fingers and toes). [1] They are a sign of osteoarthritis and are caused by formation of osteophytes (calcific spurs) of the articular (joint) cartilage in response to repeated trauma at the joint.