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• n  a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints

• Although gout is no longer caricatured as a comical disease caused by high living and swilling port wine, it is still regarded as an affliction almost exclusively of adult men .
• What did Frederick the Great, Sam uel Johnson, Ben Franklin and Grover Cleveland have in common? Answer:gout.
• Doctors thought that they had evidence that waters so treated would cure chronic arthritis, gout, neuritis, high blood pressure.

• gouty arthritis
• urarthritis

News & Articles

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• Will New Gout Findings Get a Toehold?
  Title: Will New Gout Findings Get a Toehold? Category: Health News Created: 6/12/2013 10:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 6/12/2013 12:00:00 AM
  June 13, 2013 - MedicineNet.com
• Mayo Clinic: Big Toe Isn't Biggest Culprit in Gout Flare-Ups; Other Joints Tied to Higher Risk
  The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow, Mayo Clinic has found.
  June 12, 2013 - Mayo Clinic
• Big Toe Isn't Biggest Culprit in Gout Flare-Ups; Other Joints Tied to Higher Risk
  The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow, Mayo Clinic has found. The study is among several that Mayo researchers are presenting in Madrid at the European League Against Rheumatism's annual meeting.
  June 11, 2013 - Newswise

Quotes

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• Maurice Cheeks in Washington Post
  I had no idea what gout was,Cheeks said, describing his first encounter -- at the age of 46 -- with the often-debilitating arthritic condition. "Never heard of it. Never talked to anyone about it, and then I started to find out that there...
• Jonathan Nossiter in AFP
  Launched in Bordeaux on Tuesday evening, Nossiter said the book, "Le Gout et le Pouvoir" (Taste and Power), aimed to demystify wine and make it more democratic.