Thursday, November 8, 2007

A gouty arthritis performance?

The first attack typical of gouty arthritis for more than single-arthritis, as the first
metatarsophalangeal joint and toe for the common, followed by the ankle, knee, elbow,
wrist, hand and foot other joints. Many acute phase of intense, often in the evening
sudden, the pain and can not sleep through the night and wake up. Recurrent disease may
develop more arthritis, or migratory arthritis. Joint involvement red, swelling, heat,
pain, activity limitation, the joint involvement often exudate. Can be accompanied by
fever, chills, fatigue, anorexia, headache, and other symptoms. Symptoms generally last for
1-2 weeks mitigation. Local reddish brown skin irritation to gradually return to normal.
Sometimes, there will be scaling and itching. Uric acid in the chronic stage of intra-
articular sodium calm gradually increased gradually frequent attack, intermittent
shortened, increased involvement joints, pain exacerbated, inflammation can not completely
dissipated, there tophi, tophi to see more joints and kidneys, the helix external ear,
metatarsophalangeal, interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints and other places, will
be there tophi, with the constant wind sedimentary stone increased, leading to joint mast,
deformity, rigid and limited activities.

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