Results: Most patients were males, mean age of 61 years, who reported experiencing at least one acute gout flare in the past 12 months, and 12.3% (n = 76) reported presence of tophi. Among the 27. ...

Actor Anthony Anderson shared that he thought he broke his toe kicking a door for a TV scene, but the pain was from a gout ...

Actor and comedian Anthony Anderson recently shared an unexpected health scare that he faced while filming in New Orleans ...

Gout can be acute, with sudden onset symptoms, or chronic, with more frequent flare-ups and lasting symptoms. It may affect more than one joint. There may only be short breaks between flares.

Only one-third of patients who visited the ED for a gout flare had gout-related outpatient follow-up within 6 months, ...

“Swelling may last for a few days to a week in acute attack, though patients with severe disease start to develop intercritical gout [the time between gout flares] or symptoms and swelling that ...

Pegloticase therapy for uncontrolled gout does not appear to significantly increase the risk for cardiovascular (CV) or thromboembolic (TE) events, despite the potential for increased gout flares ...

It's very common after surgical procedures, not necessarily on the foot or toe, but any surgical procedure that you can develop an acute gout attack. One of the primary recommendations for initial ...

Treatment of gout takes a two-pronged approach, comprising treatment of acute flare-ups of gouty arthritis, and urate-lowering therapy in some patients. Several medications can be used for the ...

However, even some so-called “healthy” or everyday items could be quietly contributing to those painful flare-ups. Around 1.5million Brits are affected by gout, with symptoms leaving patients ...