What is gout? To those who does not suffer it, gout is gout. It is a painful inflammation of the joints. To those who had an unfortunate encounter with the disease, it is something more. Finally, to those who lived to know gout, gout is not just gout. It can be classified, just like a dog is not just a dog but can be a Chihuahua, Doberman or many other breeds. This article aims to explain the difference between chronic gout vs acute gout. Gout. What is it? Without the word “gout”, we will simply have “chronic” and “acute”. Hence, we have to explain gout first. Gout, as mentioned above, is characterized by a painful inflammation of the joints. It is a kind of arthritis resulting from the crystallization of uric acid deposited to the ball-and-socket joints ( or wherever gout decided to attack). Uric acid is not normally deposited in the synovial joints, that is why not everyone suffers from gout. Uric acid is normally flushed out by the excretory system. However, when th...
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