Assertion: gout | /r/HasProperty | diagnosed
Facets:
value: by inserting a needle
type: MANNER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: during a flare
type: TEMPORAL
value: definitively
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Gout can only be diagnosed during a flare when a joint is hot, swollen, and painful and when a lab test finds uric acid crystals in the affected joint.
text: It is definitively diagnosed by detecting uric acid (monosodium urate) crystals in an aspirated sample of the joint fluid.
text: Gout may be diagnosed and treated without further investigations in someone with hyperuricemia and the classic acute arthritis of the base of the great toe (known as podagra).
text: Gout may be diagnosed and treated without further investigations in someone with hyperuricemia and the classic acute arthritis of the base of the great toe (known as podagra).
text: Gout is usually diagnosed if you have the typical gout symptoms and a raised blood level of uric acid (urate).
text: Gout is diagnosed when uric acid is found in the synovial fluid.
text: Gout may be diagnosed and treated without further investigations in someone with hyperuricemia and the classic podagra.
text: Gout can be diagnosed by inserting a needle into the joint and taking a sample of fluid, but a combination of physical examination, blood tests and imaging studies (X-rays and/or ultrasound) are often enough for an accurate diagnosis.
text: How is gout diagnosed and assessed?
text: with information on what gout is, what causes it, how it presents, and how it is diagnosed and treated
text: Once gout has been diagnosed, your doctor will advise you and may prescribe medication to help improve your symptoms.
text: Gout is diagnosed by inserting a needle into the joint and drawing a sample fluid that serves as the joint’s lubricant.