Causes of Gout Knee Pain

Patients with gout present with painful knee pain, possibly involving the knee joint. Patients generally present with marked swelling and pain of the knee joint, accompanied by increased skin temperature and redness, which is an acute attack. In addition, if the patient has a very long history of chronic synovial hyperplasia and bone destruction, chronic gouty arthritis is considered. There is also a reason, if the patient's gout control is very stable, no recent attacks, showing knee pain, should be alert to osteoarthritis, because osteoarthritis with age, the incidence of higher and higher, can and gout arthritis at the same time show. Patients can go to the rheumatology department, in the doctor for detailed consultation, physical examination, laboratory examination, to determine the cause of knee pain.