Gout treatments usually involve medications for both short-term and long-term management. A patient who is suffering from an acute gout attack should get an immediate treatment. In this case, medications can be used to relieve the pain and stop the acute joint inflammation caused by gouty arthritis. For the long-term management, medications are usually aimed …
Gout is a chronic and progressive disease due to a build-up of uric acid in the blood. Besides the faulty metabolism of uric acid – which results in elevated levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia)-, a number of risk factors also contribute to the development of gout.
What is Gout? Gout has a strong correlation with hyperuricemia (high levels of uric acid in the blood). Asymptomatic hyperuricemia (the state of elevated levels of uric acid in the blood without symptoms) is considered a precursor state to the development of gout, though not all hyperuricemia patients will develop gout. Gout is caused by …