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Gout information, causes, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment. Gout is a painful type of arthritis caused by the buildup of uric acid crystals in and around the joints. Learn more about gout diet, prevention, medication, pain relief, natural remedies, and other treatment options.
Gout Information
Accessing gout information will help you battle the disease, which is considered one of most painful types of arthritis. It's important to learn all that you can. Review our gout information and learn basic facts about gout, gout symptoms, treatments, medications, diet and more.
Gout Attack Explained
A gout attack causes sudden and intense joint pain. Most often, a gout attack affects a single joint but it is possible for a few joints to be involved. Learn what to expect during a gout attack.
Gout - 10 Things You Should Know
Gout is an intensely painful type of arthritis. There are 10 important facts you should know about gout.
Fast Facts About Gout
Gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis. Gout is caused by uric acid crystals deposited in the body's tissues which lead to recurrent attacks of joint inflammation.
Guide To Gout - Information On Gout
General information on gout in our comprehensive guide includes: what gout is, how it develops, information on gout symptoms, how gout is diagnosed, and how it is treated.
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?
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?
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.
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?
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 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.
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.
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
Options for gout prevention and gout treatment.
Gout Diet: What Foods Should You Eat
People who have had a gout attack are advised to avoid purine-rich foods. What should they be eating though?
Gout Diet: Foods To Avoid
Information on gout diet and food to avoid. For a long time, diets high in purines and high in proteins were suspected of causing an increased risk of gout. Results from a large study are offering a new twist. Not all foods which contain purines must be avoided. We help you sort through what can seem like contradictory information about gout diets.
Gout Risk Factors
What risk factors are associated with developing gout?
Women And Men With Gout Share Certain Risk Factors
Gout does not sexually discriminate. Women and men suffering with gout share certain risk factors.
Gout: Avoiding Purine-Rich Foods
Information on gout diet and purine-rich foods. Along with specific prescribed medications, people with gout are usually advised to reduce their intake of purine-rich foods. This gout dietary recommendation begs the question, just what foods are purine-rich?
Hyperuricemia - What is Hyperuricemia?
A brief explanation and fast facts about Hyperuricemia.
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)
Gouty Arthritis - What is Gouty Arthritis?
A brief explanation and fast facts about gouty arthritis.
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.
An In-Depth Report: Gout
An in-depth report on the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of gout.
Gout Information: What Is Gout?
What is gout?, since the days of Hippocrates, gout has caused much human suffering. Gout was once known as "the disease of kings" and "the king of diseases". Gout is recognized as one of the leading causes of painful, disabling, chronic arthritis.
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.
Getting To Know Gout - An Introduction To Gout
Dispel the myths about this painful disorder by getting to know gout.
Pseudogout
Information on the cause, symptoms and treatment of Pseudogout. Pseudogout is a joint disease that may include intermittent attacks of arthritis. It is caused by the collection of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in joints. It can be initially be misdiagnosed as gouty arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or osteoarthritis because the symptoms are similar to those of these conditions.
What is CPPD? (Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease)
A brief explanation and fast facts about CPPD(Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease), which is also known as pseudogout.
Swiss Researchers Discover What Triggers Gout
Researchers from Lausanne University in Switzerland report that they now know the mechanism which triggers the inflammation associated with gout.
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