Gout is a type of arthritis that is caused by a toxic build-up of uric acid in your body. This generally happens when your liver and kidneys are unable to get rid of enough of the uric acid by-product allowing the concentration to grow until uric acid crystals are deposited in and around many of the joint areas of the body.
This can lead to extremely painful conditions within these joint areas such as the feet (especially the big toe), ankles, knees elbows, and wrists. In fact, the severe pain within the big toe joint is one of the more common symptoms of gout that many people first notice. This build-up of uric acid levels also causes a painful condition known as kidney stones in some people.
5 Key Symptoms of Gout
1. Joint Sensitivity
As mentioned, joint sensitivity is one of the primary symptoms of gout and may be one of the best clues to having a possible gout condition. Gout-affected joints will be swollen, feel hot, irritated, and very sensitive even to the slightest touch. Gout seems to target the big toe joint in many people causing a condition known as Podagra. Once this occurs even putting on a shoe and walking can become very painful.
2. Pain and Suffering
Along with the sensitivity in the joints caused by the uric acid crystal deposits, come episodes of extreme pain anytime the affected areas are touched or used. Some people find one of the symptoms of gout to be painful attacks during the night which prevent them from sleeping.
3. Skin Itching and Peeling
Another one of the very noticeable symptoms of gout is the itching sensation felt around the affected areas of the body followed by the peeling of the skin. Often this only happens when the gout attack is finally beginning to subside.
4. Red Colored Skin
Yet another easy-to-recognize symptom of gout is the reddening of the skin around the joint areas affected by the gout attack. For lots of folks, this is very noticeable around the big toe.
5. Fever
The body’s reaction to a gout attack will often be the appearance of a fever or higher body temperature as the body's defenses deal with the gout condition. Yet another one of the symptoms of gout to be on the lookout for.
It is very important not to ignore the symptoms of gout and to seek some type of gout treatment. While the gout attacks may eventually subside and things return to normal within hours or between 3–10 days, this condition never really disappears from the body.
What makes recognizing the symptoms of gout so essential is to ensure that you do seek either professional treatment or rely on some effective gout home remedies to deal with this condition. Failure to do so may allow the gout condition to reach the state known as chronic gout.
This is the point when the disease has gone untreated for so long that it has caused unrepairable damage to body joints and perhaps the kidneys as well. In some extreme situations, gout has resulted in kidney failure and eventual death for the sufferer.
Learning to recognize the symptoms of gout allows the victim to be proactive and seek gout treatment before any irreversible damage can be done to body joints or the kidneys.
So consider the various symptoms of gout as the body’s early warning system that there is something seriously wrong and you need to seek gout treatment.
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I know gout will be pretty unpleasant for you too. But what do we do about it?
Eat less meat? Drink less alcohol? Drink more water? Follow the usual advice?
I did all that. It made zero difference to me. The pain remained as bad as ever. Our doctors mean well but the medications they prescribe are trying to manage the disease rather than cure it.
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Since then?
More than two years with no flare-ups. No pain. No nothing. Simply no gout.
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