There are many causes of knee pain and one of them is gout. So knee pain cannot be equated directly with gout. How to determine their knee pain is caused by gout, you can rely on the following four points: first point, knee pain has nothing to do with sports, and with eating and drinking. Such as excessive consumption of seafood, hot pot, soy products, etc.; The second point, when the knee joint pain, the local skin temperature increases. When you touch, the skin will appear red and hot; third point, cold compress will reduce the pain; fourth point, knee pain, found that the toes are also painful. If you have 2 or all of the above 4 points, you must beware because it may be due to gout. At this point, treatment must be carried out to lower the uric acid in order to ensure that it does not recur.