Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
5/28 Gout - Coggle Diagram
5/28 Gout
-
Nursing Interventions
Administer prescribed medications, which may include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, uric acid synthesis inhibitors, and uricosuric agents.
-
-
-
-
Pathophysiology
Normally, uric acid dissolves in your blood and passes through your kidneys into your urine. But sometimes either your body produces too much uric acid or your kidneys excrete too little uric acid. When this happens, uric acid can build up, forming sharp, needlelike urate crystals in a joint or surrounding tissue that cause pain, inflammation and swelling.
Gout occurs when urate crystals accumulate in your joint, causing the inflammation and intense pain of a gout attack. Urate crystals can form when you have high levels of uric acid in your blood.
-
-