Is a type of arthritis that causes inflammation of joints when there is an accumulation of urate crystals. Uric acid normally dissolves in your blood and passes through your kidneys into your urine.  If this process does not go according to plan. Crystals form when the body produces high levels of uric acid in the blood after your body breaks down purines (substance found naturally in your body and some foods).

Gout is common, but complex, characterized by sudden, severe attacks of pain, swelling redness and tenderness in the joints.  Attacks of gout often occur suddenly and at night. The pain can be severe enough to wake you up from sleep. Even the sensation of fabric touching the affected area is unbearable. Gout symptoms are intermittent and treatable to prevent flare ups.