Translate:
English
Chinese (S)
Chinese (T)
Croatian
Dutch
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Additional
gout
English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Download this dictionary
Gout
Gout
(also known as
podagra
when it involves the joint at the base of the big
toe
) is usually characterized by recurrent attacks of
inflammatory arthritis
—a red, tender, hot, and
swollen joint
. Pain typically comes on rapidly in less than twelve hours. The
joint at the base of the big toe
is affected in about half of cases. It may also result in
tophi
,
kidney stones
, or
urate nephropathy
.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License