If you’ve ever been going about your day only to get hit with excruciating joint pain, it could be gout. While this type of arthritis is often associated with sharp, sudden pain in the big toe, gout ...

The first signs of gout are usually pain, swelling, and redness in the affected joint. Gout often starts in your big toe, and symptoms tend to come on suddenly and at night. Gout is a painful form of ...

Gout sounds like a disease that shouldn’t exist anymore, especially since it’s referred to as the “disease of kings” because of its connection to royal leaders like Henry VIII, who lived with the ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Years ago, I had gout in my toe, but I didn’t need medication other than ibuprofen. After it went away, I never had any other issues. But over the past few weeks, it has come back ...

Gout causes sudden flares of joint pain, which often arise during the nighttime, and in the big toe, though it may affect other joints including the ankles or knees. It is the most common type of ...

When you think of arthritis, achy, warm, swollen joints probably come to mind. These are indeed some of the most common symptoms of arthritis. But did you know there are actually over 100 different ...

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 ...

Carlton, a 70-year-old man, was admitted to a hospital for a cholecystectomy or gallbladder surgery. Three days after the operation, his knee became severely swollen and painful. An X-ray showed ...

Q: Every year around the holidays, I eat a lot of foods I don't normally eat. As a result, I usually gain a few pounds. But the weird thing is, the last couple of years I've gotten a lot of pain and ...