This condition most commonly affects the big toe and knee joints. Gout symptoms come and go. Periods of increased symptoms ...

Gout can seem to flare up without specific cause ... In pseudogout, the joint-most often affected is the knee. Over time, pseudogout may damage the cartilage of the joint. As this happens, the bones ...

Among patients in the US with gout, nearly 72% of disease flares went unreported or were pretreated/prevented by patients. Gout flares among adults in the United States are significantly ...

Respondents were categorized into mutually-exclusive groups based on number of gout flares experienced in the past 12 months (0/don't recall, 1–2, 3, 4–5, 6+), current presence of tophi (none ...

Gout flares were ascertained during follow-up. Sex-specific multivariable Poisson regression models were used to assess factors associated with number of flares. Results 177,637 gout patients were ...

A study showed that urine alkalization therapy reduces gout flares, improves kidney health, and enhances lipid profiles in ...

WASHINGTON — The use of colchicine for gout flare prevention imparts a “modest” decrease in the risk for knee or hip replacement over several years, according to a study presented at ACR ...

gout flare prophylaxis with colchicine was associated with a lower rate of cardiovascular events for up to the next 180 days compared with no prophylaxis,” Cipolletta and colleagues wrote.