Symptoms, Signs, Treatment, & General Information About Drugs & Natural Remedies. Gout

What is Gout?


A metabolic disorder that causes attacks of arthritis, usually in a single joint. Gout may be associated with kidney stones and ultimately may lead to kidney failure.

Symptoms and Signs:

An acute attack of gout usually affects a single joint, most commonly the joint at the base of the big toe, but it can affect other joist, including the knee, ankle, wrist, foot and small joints of the hand.

The affected joint is red, swollen and extremely tender, the pain reaches a peak level of intensity within twenty-four to thirty-six hours. The redness and swelling may spread and be confused with cellulite. The intensity of the pain is such that the person may not be able to stand on an affected foot or even tolerate the pressure of bedclothes on it. Sometimes there is a mild fever.

Treatment:

One other fascinating part with regards to this study. Pain and inflammation in gout can be controlled with large doses of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). If use of an NSAID is contraindicated, colchicines may be prescribed. For maximal benefit, treatment should start as soon as an attack begins; patients prone to recurrent attacks should carry their gout medication. As the inflammation subsides, usually within 2 to three days, the dose of medication is reduced and finally stopped. If an attack of gout is not responding to treatment with NSAID’s or colchicines, a corticosteroid drug may be injected into the affected joint.

Increased levels of purine (product of DNA) can raise the level of uric acid in the blood. Although a strict low-purine diet is not necessary, people with gout should avoid foods that are high in purine, such as liver and other organ meats, legumes and poultry.

Many people never have more than a few attacks of gout, and further treatments are usually unnecessary. If attacks are recurrent, the frequency can be reduced by lowering the urate levels with drugs that either inhibits the formation of uric acid (allopurinol) or increase the excretion of uric by the kidneys with uricosuric drugs 9such as probenecid and sulfinpyrazone). If the serum urate is very high, these drugs will need to be taken for life, as untreated hyperuricemia may lead to hypertension or kidney disease.

Gout is a common joint disease affecting ten times more men than women. In men, it occurs at any time after puberty, in women it usually occurs only after the menopause. There is often a family history of the disorder.

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