by Kathy Nelson

After a few years of not looking after your body, eating lots of rich
 meats and drinking to much beer, there is a good chance that your body
 will have accumulated enough uric acid crystals for your first
 experience of gout.

If you have any of the following symptoms then there is a good chance
 you have gout:-

1.  They will feel some warmth along with extreme tenderness when the
 infected joint is touched.  Normally the joint most commonly affected
 by
 this condition is the big toe.  But as well as the warmth and
 tenderness a person will notice the joint has become inflamed and it
 is also
 painful.  These particular symptoms of gout are more commonly referred
 to
 as podagra.

2. No one who hasn't had a gout attack start at bedtime can believe how
 much pain can come just from the brushing of your partners foot
 against the infected joint, normally your big toe.

3.Some gout sufferers will have an attack that comes on quickly and
 lasts many hours. After the initial pain, which can be very intense,
 the
 level drops over the next 2 days to a week.

4.  When the gout attack actually begins to subside then the person
 finds that the skin around the joint, which is affected, may feel
 itchy
 and starts to peel.

Like any illness, gout affects different people in different ways. Some
 people will recognize all the symptoms mentioned here while others
 won't recognize any of them, you may only get pain in your elbows for
 example and none in the big toe joint which we mentioned.

Just because your pain is in your elbow or wrist it doesn't mean it
 isn't gout. While gout usually attacks your big toe joint there are
 many
 instances of people who have had no trouble at all with their toes but
 have had immense pain in other joints.

If you have recently had surgery then there is a increased chance that
 you will have a gout attack. These after surgery attacks seem to be
 short in length, although just as painful as any other attack, it can
 also
 be treated as a side effect of the surgery rather than actual gout.

When a person starts to display any of the symptoms we have mentioned
 here it is vital to get them to see a Dr. Some people will dismiss the
 pain as a temporary discomfort, however without proper medication it
 will come back worse the next time.

Would you know if you are dealing with a a
 (http://goutassistance.com/gout-symptom/) gout symptom or just aches
 and
 pains? When your big toe ache we don't normally think of
 (http://goutassistance.com) gout as a possible cause.
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	Title: Symptoms of Gout
	Author: Kathy Nelson
	Keywords: gout,gout diet,gout treatment,gout symptoms,diseases,medical
        conditions,arthritis,medical problems,health,fitness,medicine
	Word Count: 410
	Category: Disease & Illness
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