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GOUT - Coggle Diagram
GOUT
TREATMENT
Short term gout treatments can help acute attacks such as NSAIDs, More stronger ones are the corticoids that help both pain and inflammation
Medications that block uric acid production, and medications that help remove the uric acid from the body
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Limiting alcohol and fructose sweeteners, and food high in purine, and of course exercising and losing weight.
MEDICATIONS
ibuprofen and naproxen sodium, indomethacin, and celecoxib. Colchicine for pain, and this one can be prescribed to prevent future attacks.
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Uricosurics( probenecid, lesinurad)
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SYMPTOMS
It occurs suddenly on the joints accompanied with pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness.
Commonly occurs at the joint on the base of the big toes. It can happen at any time and has a burning hot painful sensation on your toe or affected joint. It is that tender that any light touch can cause pain to the affected area.
PATOPHYSIOLOGY
Gout is a form of arthritis. It occurs suddenly on the joints accompanied with pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness.
It has four stages
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2.occurs when the attack begins causing pain, swelling, stiffness, redness, fatigue, and fever.
3.is when the joints bend and deformed when the urate crystals form hard lumps affecting the bone and cartilage.
4.Is when the symptoms and deformation are severe and if not treated it will end with no joints remaining and they will be fused.
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CAUSES
Uric acid in a high level in the blood, accumulate forming crystals, which set on the joints deforming them. Mostly on the big toe joint, progressing to ankles, heels, wrist, and hands if not treated.
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