While gout usually first affects joints in your feet, such as your big toe, it’s also possible to develop gout in your other joints, including your fingers.

If gout tophi are severe and unresponsive to medical treatment, surgery may be necessary to remove the damaged tissue in the affected joints (debridement) and free up the finger tendons to improve ...

Investigations Physical examination, laboratory testing, X-rays of the hands, feet and pelvis, CT of the pelvis, microscopic analysis of an aspirate from a finger tophus. Diagnosis Tophaceous gout ...

Despite outdated misconceptions, gout is still very much a current health concern that affects millions of Americans. ... Tophi can deform joints and cause lasting damage to bones and tissues.

Gout is a metabolic disorder that may be inherited. It is characterized by recurrent acute joint inflammation (gouty arthritis) usually in the extremities, caused by crystals that are deposited in and ...

Her clinical presentation with numerous finger tophi was also consistent with diuretic-induced gout. 2,4 The relationship between gout and renal insufficiency is complex.

I suffer from Gout and a day has not gone past since my 26th birthday that I have not had it in a joint somewhere. I have tried Puricos & Allomaron with no success. I have now developed Tophi on my ...

This study demonstrates that gout patients from the US and three EU countries suffer from significantly decreased HRQOL, with the average patient suffering decreased mental as well as physical ...