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Gout Symptoms
What are the symptoms of gout?
Symptoms of gout include:
- Warmth, pain, swelling, and extreme tenderness in a joint, usually a big toe joint. The pain often starts during the night. It may get worse quickly, last for hours, and be so intense that even light pressure from a bedsheet is intolerable.
- Very red or purplish skin around the affected joint. The joint may look infected.
- Limited movement in the affected joint.
- Peeling and itching of the skin around the affected joint as the gout gets better.
Gout can also affect the joints of the feet, ankles, knees, wrists, fingers, and elbows.
Gout attacks can last a few days or many weeks before the pain goes away.
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