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2. Your Gout Guide: From Symptoms to Treatment - AOL

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   The symptoms of gout are: Joint pain. ... Causes of Gout. What causes gout in females? Uric acid is a waste product naturally made by the body when it breaks down compounds called purines.

3. Gout - Wikipedia

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   Gout (/ ɡ aʊ t / GOWT [7]) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of pain in a red, tender, hot, and swollen joint, [2] [8] caused by the deposition of needle-like crystals of uric acid known as monosodium urate crystals. [9] Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intensity in less than 12 hours. [5]

4. Gout, a painful form of arthritis, is on the rise. Avoiding ...

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   However, younger men and women of all ages can have gout. In the last 20 years, gout has more than doubled among women, affecting more than 3 million, but the symptoms may be different. Rather ...

5. Diseases of the foot - Wikipedia

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   Generally women are more prone to gout after menopause. An acute attack of gout is intensely painful and walking on the foot is impossible. Gout is essentially a disorder caused by precipitation of uric acid crystals in the joint. Plantar fasciitis is a very common cause of heel pain. The thick fibrous bands at the bottom of the heel get ...

6. Common Causes of Arthritis for Women (& How to Treat It) - AOL

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   Arthritis is more common in people assigned female at birth. However, some types ( specifically gout) are more common in individuals assigned male at birth. Family history.

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 ...