How gout is diagnosed

The basis of gout development is the increase of blood uric acid, gout most common bone and joint redness, swelling, pain, etc. The diagnosis of gout includes: 1, physical examination found that the body blood uric acid level (plasma uric acid content) > 7mg/dL, and accompanied by pain, basically can determine hyperuricemia, if accompanied by urate crystals deposition, causing the first metatarsophalangeal joint pain, swelling, or even a huge deformation, as if a ping-pong ball, the emergence of gouty crystals, basically can be judged as gout. 2, through the puncture to extract joint fluid The diagnosis is confirmed by finding gout crystals.