What is gout?

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Dr. Manish Maheshwari is an Orthopaedist and
Sports Medicine Surgeon in Indore and has an
experience of more than 13 years in these fields.
Dr. Manish Maheshwari practices at Global SNG
Hospital in South Tukoganj, Indore. He completed
graduation post Graduation from Mahatma Gandhi
Memorial Medical College Maharaja Yashwant Rao
Hospital, Indore in 2005. He worked in major
hospitals of Mumbai like Lilavati Hospital
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospitals.
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What is gout?
Gout is the most common and is a complex form of
arthritis that can affect anyone's joint, gout is
generally characterized by sudden severe attax of
continuous pain redness swelling tenderness
enzymes that could be in one or more joints, the
most commonly affected joint in gout is the big
toe. Arthritis is the umbrella term for gout it
is because there is a board range of joint pain
and joint diseases as well in this condition,
there are some form of arthritis that can
inflamed the joints while some of them don't.
Gout is the most common form of arthritis that
includes inflamation and pain in joints that is
due to deposition of the crystals of uric acid.
Rather than to it can also affect the ankle,
foot, wrist, hand, elbow and the knee joint.
Who gets affected due to gout?
There is no such research that proves who gets
affect due to go out but it is seen that man are
more likely to get affected than women, it can
affect anyone. This is due to higher level of
uric acid in the male body. In women it is
generally seen after the menopause because after
the menopause process the uric acid levels get
higher.  The most common factors that contribute
more towards Gout are-
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•  Heart diseases
•  Congestive heart failure
•  Obesity or overweight
•  Any past family history of gout
•  Hypertension
•  Diabetes
•  Cirrhosis of liver
•  Kidney diseases

Also there are certain habits that can lead to
development of gout which include consumption of
high animal proteins diet, over consumption of
alcohol and drugs, increased volume of
diuretics.
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What causes gout?
The normal human body makes uric acid during the
breakdown of chemicals that are called as purines
found in certain drinks and food that includes
meat red meat , fish,sardians, mussels, tuna. And
also in drinks which include fructose and are
over sweetened, and also alcohol specially beer.
This by product generally goes through the kidney
and exits the body while urination.  Therefore
sometimes the body produces too much amount of
uric acid or the kidneys are unable to purify it
properly, due to which these concentrate crystals
begin to form in the body. When this happens
these sharp crystals that are made of you rate
surrounds the tissue that causes pain. These
sharp crystals causes go out as they get
deposited over the joints. Gout generally occurs
when the uric acid crystals accumulate in the
joint which can cause intense pain redness and
swelling over the joint. 
Symptoms of gout?-
The general episode of gout is called as the gout
attack, it can be very painful and can also
happen quit suddenly most commonly during
overnight, the most common symptoms in joints
that occur during out attack are-
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1) High intense joint pain- intense joint pain is
one of the most common and initial symptom of the
gout, gout generally effect the greater to and
can also affect other joints like ankle knees
elbow hand etc the pain is most likely to be
severe within first 8 to 12 hours of the
attack. 
2) Redness- there will be extreme amount of
redness in the affected joint. 3) Inflammation
and Stiffness- the affected joint will be
inflammated warm and Stiffed due to the
deposition of uric acid. 4) Tenderness- along
with the high pain the joint will also become
very tender even to a very light touch. 5)
Warmth- extreme warmth will be felt on the joint
as the joint is on fire. 
How to manage gout attack? There are certain
tipd which can be used to manage the gout
attack- 
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• NSAIDS 
• Quitting alcohol intake
• Maintain proper diet
• Limit over intake of red meat and liver
• Avoid taking water pills or diuretics
• Limit eating sea food
• Quit smoking
• Avoiding drinks that contains sweetening agents
• Drinking plenty of water and juice
• Elevating the joint above the heart level
• Applying ice on the joint to remove inflammation
• Exercise regularly
• Take proper precautions while joint pain
• Regular checkups 
• No extra stress shall be provided to the joint

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