What are the symptons of gout?

Answer 1

The classic picture is of excruciating, sudden, unexpected, burning pain, swelling, redness, warmness and stiffness in the joint. Low-grade fever may also be present. The patient usually suffers from two sources of pain. The crystals inside the joint cause intense pain whenever the affected area is moved. The inflammation of the tissues around the joint also causes the skin to be swollen, tender and sore if it is even slightly touched. For example, a blanket or even the lightest sheet draping over the affected area could cause extreme pain. Gout usually attacks the big toe (approximately 75% of first attacks), however it can also affect other joints such as the ankle, heel, instep, knee, wrist, elbow, fingers, and spine. In some cases the condition may appear in the joints of the small toes which have become immobile due to impact injury earlier in life, causing poor blood circulation that leads to gout. Patients with longstanding hyperuricemia can have uric acid crystal deposits called tophi (singular: tophus) in other tissues e.g. the helix of the ear. Uric acid stones can form as one kind of kidney stone in some occasions.[1]



1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout

Answer 2

It starts as an unusually strong pain in an area of a joint, about 50% of the time near the big toe. You may wonder if somehow you broke your toe and don't remember doing it but it feels as though the toe is broken (or other joint areas). Some hours pass and you notice substantial swelling and the area around the joint is very sensitive to touch, it hurts badly. At this point you are in for days if not a week plus of this pain unless you get a medical prescription which will shorten the recovery time. After the pain passes and your back to normal you tend to forget all about it, until you get even the slightest hint of that pain again (it always feels the same) and you immediately remember and fear sets in. Its then you know it's time for a proper gout diet (see related link). You must change your diet or else. Good Luck

Answer 3

pain in knee joint heavness of legs