The buildup of uric acid in your joints can lead to swollen growths under your skin called tophi. If left untreated, tophi can lead to loss of motion in your joints and other complications. A tophus ...

Bone erosion in patients with gout and tophi was associated with tophi duration, drinking history, ulceration, and serum creatinine levels. Bone erosion in patients with gout and tophi was associated ...

Pegloticase quickly resolved tophi among patients with gout who responded to the treatment, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy. “Pegloticase is a recombinant mammalian uricase ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both excessive and long-term alcohol consumption, as well as any spirit consumption, predict the development of ...

The characteristics of the sample are presented in Table 1 and Table 2. The average age was 60.9 years, and patients had been diagnosed an average of 12 years. Most were male (81%), and 38% were ...

Bone erosions, which are associated with long-term damage and disability, are common in patients with gout and have been linked with specific clinical and ultrasound-detected factors, Chinese ...

Gout is a progressive and chronic disease with three stages. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia, which is often discovered through an incidental lab finding, begins the process. This is a relatively long ...

There are four stages of gout, a common and often painful condition affecting joints, most often the big toe. Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis caused by hyperuricemia. Hyperuricemia is a ...

Background A 56-year-old white woman was referred to our institution with a 16-month history of severe, gouty, recurrent, acute polyarthritis involving the finger joints. She also had numerous small ...

Gout patients frequently have a number of comorbidities, including obesity, hypertension, high serum lipid and cholesterol levels, kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. [2,7,19–21] Due ...