Gout is a progressive, painful, debilitating form of inflammatory arthritis. It is caused by
factors that elevate the concentration of serum uric acid (sUA), leading to hyperuricemia …

Gout management involves two broad aspects: treatment of gout flares to provide rapid
symptomatic relief and long-term urate-lowering therapy to lower serum urate sufficiently to …

Gout is an inflammatory disease manifested by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU)
crystals in joints, cartilage, synovial bursa, tendons or soft tissues. Gout is not a new disease …

Gout is a chronic, progressive condition for which hyperuricemia is the primary risk factor.
The initial episodes of gout may be brief, only lasting for 3 to 5 days, and patients may …

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis and occurs when hyperuricaemia, sustained
elevation of serum urate levels resulting in supersaturation of body tissues with urate, leads …

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis worldwide. Although effective treatments
exist to eliminate sodium urate crystals and to'cure'the disease, the management of gout is …

Gout is currently one of the most common causes of inflammatory arthritis in most
industrialised countries. Apart from its high frequency, gout is associated with disability, poor …

Arthritis caused by gout (ie, gouty arthritis) accounts for millions of outpatient visits annually,
and the prevalence is increasing. Gout is caused by monosodium urate crystal deposition in …

The clinical signs and symptoms of gout reflect inflammatory responses to monosodium
urate crystals deposited in tissues from extracellular fluids saturated for urate. 1 …

Gouty arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis in adults and is characterized by
very painful flares. Gouty arthritis results from an elevated body uric acid pool, which leads to …