Gout is a painful condition that occurs when the bodily waste product uric acid is deposited as needle-like crystals in the joints and/or soft tissues. In the joints, these uric acid crystals cause inflammatory arthritis, which in turn leads to intermittent swelling, redness, heat, pain, and stiffness in the joints. If your doctor has diagnosed ...
When a person is suffering from uric gout, their symptoms include pain in the joints, tightness and stiffness in the joints, and sometimes difficulty in moving those joints. This condition occurs when the levels of uric acid in the body reach unhealthy levels and gout crystals begin to develop and harden around the joints. This ...
One of the wonders of the internet is that a common, yet obscure, disease like the gout can, finally, get some attention, and not only by the sufferers and their spouses! On the internet, anything that causes you great pain, mental anguish, or emotional torture is ripe for “blogging”, and gout is all about pain ...
Gout is one of those conditions that you’ve heard of, but probably never experienced yourself. Quite possibly you’ve never even known anybody who suffers from it. It used to be called a rich person’s disease because the only way you could suffer from gout was if you had enough money to buy the rich food ...
Gout more often than not first presents in the big toe joint, with the sufferer waking up in the middle of the night with a red, swollen, throbbing and incredibly painful joint. In cases like this a diagnosis of gout is usually quite simple. However this is not the only way gout affects the body ...
Whenever there is talk of Arthritis, the association with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis is most often drawn. However one of the oldest forms of Arthritis is still around and still as painful. Gout or gouty arthritis has been described since Hippocrates in the 5th century B.C. At one time the term Gout had the distinction ...
Gout is a very painful affliction that affects the joints in the body. It is a type of arthritis that is brought about by high levels of uric acid in the system. Some people may have higher than normal levels of uric acid and not have gout, but in those who do it can be ...
Gout, or gouty arthritis, is a chronic condition that is characterized by pain in the joints. It is a progressive disease that can lead to joint degeneration and possible kidney failure. Gout Causes Gout is caused by an excess amount of uric acid in the bloodstream. The medical term for this condition is hyperuricemia. The ...
You’ve seen them in those funny, peel-off cans at the grocery store. Canned sardines are a polarizing food. Some people love them, and some can’t even stand the smell – much less the taste. But are you doing your body good when you load a sardine onto a cracker with a little mustard or barbeque ...
