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Familiarize YourselfWith These Gout Facts

Published on Tue Dec 30, 2014

Gout is a rheumatic disease caused by deposition of uric acid crystals in tissues and fluids within the body, which in turn is the result of high uric acid levels in the blood. The deposits known as tophus (plural: tophi) and you spot them as elevated lesions on the joint area. Acute gout typically presents as an acutely red, hot, [...]
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