Above this uric acid crystal deposits in cartilage and joint tissues. Crystals occur in the urine as gravel or stones. The red dust is like blood. The inflamed joint is purpley-red, swollen, shiny with peeling of the overlying skin. The weight of bed clothes or jarring by someone walking nearby causes agonizing pain.
Pain lasts for days or until effective treatment.
About a third have had preceding kidney back pain. Secondary gout can occur from big tissue turnover in the treatment of leukemia and lymph node tumors. High blood pressure is a common with gout. Treatment with water pills in post-menopausal women will concentrate uric acid and result in gout. This type has equalized the sex incidence of gout over 65.