Anyone who has waken-up in the middle of the night with a severely painful gout attack will know that this disease is no fun. Gout is a disease in which tiny crystals (urate crystals) deposit in all the wrong places like joints and soft tissue. The quintessential gout picture is a swollen, big, red t...
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Anonymous
Thursday, October 01, 2009 at 03:20 PMre: gout
Christina Lasich, MD
Friday, October 02, 2009 at 10:43 AMFor a complete overview about gout, I recommend looking at the Mayo Clinic's educational section About Gout.
Dr. Christina Lasich, MD
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what exactly is & the main cause of gout? What are the symptoms? Do you have to be sick in another way to get it? I did read the article but. i don't understand. Is gout deadly? is there any specifics about gout?