Lower extremity gout can present with symptoms such as redness, swelling, fever, pain in the affected joints, and in severe cases, joint deformity.
Gout is a joint disease caused by the deposition of monosodium urate in the body, mainly due to an imbalance between uric acid production and excretion caused by congenital or acquired factors.
Acute gouty arthritis occurs in patients with gout in the lower extremities, most commonly in the first metatarsophalangeal joint, with other common sites of involvement including the dorsum of the foot, ankle, heel, and other metatarsophalangeal joints. The disease may start suddenly at night, and the patient may feel severe pain in the joints, with redness, swelling, heat and pain in the affected joints, which may affect the joint function and may be accompanied by fever.
The attack of this disease is self-limiting, mostly relieved within a few days or 2 weeks, after the redness and swelling subside, the skin of the affected joints may have flaking phenomenon.
If not actively diagnosed and treated, with the development of the disease, the patient’s metatarsal toes, Achilles tendon and other parts of the bulging, different sizes of white superfluous organisms, the surface is thin, after the ulceration, there can be a white powdery or pasty uric acid salt crystals discharged, and some patients can be gout stone triggered by the deformity of the joints.
It is recommended that gout patients to the regular hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor standardized diagnosis and treatment.