Gouty arthritis

Introduction: Gouty arthritis

Description of Gouty arthritis

Gouty arthritis (medical condition): Joint pain and inflammation (arthritis) caused by gout (buildup of urate crystals). The big toe is most commonly affected but other joints may also be affected e.g. foot, ankle, elbow, wrist, knee and fingers. Usually only one joint is affected at a time. The condition is most often seen in older men.

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Arthritis, Gouty:
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Gouty arthritis: inflammation of the joints in gout.
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Gouty arthritis: a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints.
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Gouty arthritis: Arthritis, especially of the great toe, as a result of gout. Acute gouty arthritis often is precipitated by trauma, infection, surgery, etc. The initial attacks are usually monoarticular but later attacks are often polyarticular.
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Gouty arthritis as a Disease

Gouty arthritis: Another name for Arthritis, Gouty (or close medical condition association).
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Causes of Gouty arthritis

Some of the causes of Gouty arthritis are included in the list below:

• Familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy
• Uric acid levels raised (plasma or serum)

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Symptoms of Gouty arthritis (Arthritis, Gouty)

Some of the symptoms of Gouty arthritis incude:

• Joint pain
• Red joint
• Inflamed joint

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Gouty arthritis as a Symptom

Gouty arthritis (symptom): An inflammatory joint condition caused by the accumulation of urate crystals.

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Terms associated with Gouty arthritis:

Terms Similar to Gouty arthritis:

• Podagra
• Uric acid crystal deposition in joint
• Urate crystal arthropathy
• Gout

Source: Diseases Database

• gout
• urarthritis

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Broader terms for Gouty arthritis

• arthritis

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Hierarchical classifications of Gouty arthritis

The following list attempts to classify Gouty arthritis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• arthritis
• inflammatory disease
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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External links related to: Gouty arthritis

• eMedicine - Gout : Article by Mark L Francis, MD
• 1977 Criteria for the Classification of Acute Arthritis of Primary Gout
• eMedicine - Hyperuricemia : Article by Yasir Qazi, MD
• Gouty arthritis - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Gout : Article by Andrew A Dahl, MD
• eMedicine - Gout and Pseudogout : Article by Joseph Kaplan, MD, FACEP
• eMedicine - Gout : Article by Bruce M Rothschild, MD
• gout - General Practice Notebook
• Gout - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Gout : Article by Christopher D Smelser, DO
• Gout - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• gout

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