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Gout is among the most painful types of arthritis. Learn how diet and medication help prevent gout attacks.
  1. Gout: Basic Information (24)
  2. Gout: Cause / Diagnosis (32)
  3. Gout: Diet (31)
  4. Gout: History (17)
  5. Gout: Medications
  6. Gout: Natural Remedy (20)
  7. Gout: Pain Relief (26)
  8. Gout: Prevention (23)
  9. Gout: Research
  10. Gout: Symptoms (24)
  11. Gout: Treatment Options (26)
  12. Pseudogout / CPPD

Facts About Gout
Gout is an intensely painful type of arthritis. Learn more about cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of gout.

Gout - 10 Things You Should Know
Gout is an intensely painful type of arthritis. There are 10 important facts you should know about gout.

Gout Attack Explained
A gout attack causes sudden and intense joint pain. Most often, a gout attack affects a single joint but a few joints may be involved.

Gout Screening Quiz
Gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis. Do you have symptoms which are associated with gout? Do you have a lifestyle which increases the risk factors associated with gout?

How to Recognize the Signs and Symptoms of Gout
Gout symptoms are very painful and are caused by monosodium urate crystals in joints and surrounding tissues. Gout symptoms can occur with more frequency if untreated.

What Is Gouty Arthritis?
Gouty arthritis refers to a form of arthritis caused by deposits of uric acid crystals.

Gout Risk Factors
What risk factors are associated with developing gout?

Gout Risk Factor Quiz
A risk factor increases your chances of developing gout but it is not certain that you will develop the disease. What factors increase the risk of developing gout?

Is There a Gout Cure?
People diagnosed with gout are anxious to know if there is a cure.

The Gout Quiz - Test Your Knowledge
How much do you know about gout? You probably heard of it, but do you know the difference between purines and probenecid? Do you know what you need to do to prevent gout attacks? Does your lifestyle put you at risk for gout?

Gout Diet - Foods To Avoid
Information on gout diet and food to avoid.

Gout Diet: What Foods Should You Eat
People with gout are advised what not to eat but what should they eat?

Cut Back Purine-Rich Foods With Gout
Watching your diet helps reduce gout attacks. Cut back on purine-rich foods.

The Gout Diet Quiz
Gout is one of the forms of arthritis most affected by diet. Take our quiz about gout and diet and test your knowledge and see if you know what foods to eat and what foods to avoid if you have gout.

Gout Management - 2012 ACR Guidelines
The American College of Rheumatology released recommendations to educate patients on preventing gout attacks and to offer doctors guidance for longterm management of gout.

How To Treat Gout With Diet And Medication
Gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis. Gout attacks can be controlled or prevented by better gout diet and lifestyle changes and the use of certain medications.

Gout Prevention and Treatment
The focus of gout treatment is on preventing future gout attacks and managing symptoms when attacks occur.

Women And Men With Gout Share Certain Risk Factors
Gout does not sexually discriminate. Women and men suffering with gout share certain risk factors.

What Is Hyperuricemia?
Hyperuricemia is defined as an elevated level of uric acid in the blood.

Is It Gout or Pseudogout?
Gout and pseudogout are similar in some ways yet different in other ways. The term pseudogout means "false gout". How much do you know about both diseases? Take our quiz.

What Is CPPD (Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease)?
CPPD (Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease) is more commonly referred to as pseudogout.

Gout Information
Essential gout information will help you recognize symptoms and manage the disease.

Cherries for Gout?: Cherries May Help Gout
Cherries for gout?, Cherries may help gout, according to research at the Agricultural Research Service's Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, CA, eating fresh, plump, juicy bing cherries may help people who suffer from the pain of gout or other forms of arthritic inflammation.

Guide to Gout
Learn more about all aspects of gout including symptoms, treatment and research.

Gout Disease Yesterday And Today
Learn about gout disease yesterday and today. Many antiquated ideas about gout disease from centuries ago reveal just how far modern medicine has come with better treatment options for gout disease.

Gout 101 / The Gout Guide: Free E-Course Newsletter
We have designed our free newsletter e-course to guide you to better understand gout. Learn more about gout basics, history, cause, diagnosis, treatment options, prevention, gout diet, gout medications, and gout research.

Gout Information: Uric acid crystals (Image)
These spiked rods are uric acid crystals photographed under polarized light. Increased uric acid blood levels and formation of uric acid crystals in the joints are associated with gout.

Gout Information: Acute Gouty Arthritis
Information on acute gouty arthritis. Acute gouty arthritis is an attack of a metabolic disease marked by uric acid deposits in the joints. The disorder causes painful arthritis, especially in the joints of the feet and legs.

Gout Information: Chronic Gouty Arthritis
Information on chronic gouty arthritis. Gouty arthritis is the name for an attack of a metabolic disease marked by uric acid deposits in the joints. The disorder causes pain, especially in the joints of the feet and legs. Patients with chronic gout may have repeated episodes of gouty arthritis. (Illustration)

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