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

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   If you have untreated gout for a long time, something called tophi can develop. Tophi is when uric acid crystals around the joints form larger, hard deposits. It can lead to pain, soft tissue ...

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. Febuxostat - Wikipedia

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   Febuxostat, sold under the brand name Uloric among others, is a medication used long-term to treat gout due to high uric acid levels. [7] It is generally recommended only for people who cannot take allopurinol. [8] [9] It is taken by mouth. [7] Common side effects include liver problems, nausea, joint pain, and a rash. [7]

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

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   How is gout treated and prevented? A doctor can diagnose gout by examining the joints and looking for a pattern of swelling. “We will also look for uric acid crystals either in your joints or ...

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. Colchicine - Wikipedia

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   There is preliminary evidence that daily colchicine (0.6 mg twice daily) may be effective as a long-term prophylaxis when used with allopurinol to reduce the risk of increased uric acid levels and acute gout flares; [26] adverse gastrointestinal effects may occur, [27] though overall the risk of serious side effects is low. [28] [29]