Gout Symptoms

If you carefully look for gout symptoms,you can usually tell if you've got gout or not.
The first typical symptom is the sudden onset of a hot, red, swollen joint and it usually develops quickly. It quite often occurs at night and for some people the affected joint area is so tender and painful that even the contact of a bed sheet causes severe pain.

Gout Symptoms

Presence of uric acid crystals in joint fluid

More than one attack of acute arthritis

Arthritis that develops in 1 day, producing a swollen, red, and warm joint

Attack of arthritis in only one joint, usually the toe, ankle, or knee

Gout Symptoms can be triggered by:

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