This disease is characterized by pain symptoms.
American researchers from the Mayo clinic (Mayo Clinic) spoke to the press about the typical symptoms of gout – and-joint disease, which is a complex form of arthritis.
Gout is especially dangerous for its complications: those suffering from this disease people 35% increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, in particular, the risk of hypertension, and ischemia.
Here are some typical symptoms of gout development.
1. Strong long lasting pain. Gout appears in the joints severe pain that could not long be held for four hours or more.
2. The pain at night. According to doctors, typically for gout that the pain occurs at night.
3. The defeat of the joints. A typical symptom is to learn the gout – affected joints of the big toe. Also often in this disease the inflammation and pain localized in knees, elbows, wrists, fingers.
4. Redness and temperature. The joint affected by gout is not only painful, but also hot – visually you may notice in the affected location swelling, redness.
5. Prolonged discomfort. To gout typically after subsiding severe pain prolonged discomfort from several days to several weeks a man may feel that his joints are still unhealthy.
6. The restriction of movement. Painful, inflamed and swollen joints does not allow you to move normally.
With the development of gout person is becoming increasingly difficult normally to move the joints not only in the moments of exacerbation of pain syndrome.
