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GOUT: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT. Gout. Metabolic disorder due to excessive accumulation of uric acid in tissues leading to acute and chronic arthritis and soft tissue and bone deposition of uric acid ( tophi ). Acute Gouty Arthritis. Abrupt onset often at night
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Gout Metabolic disorder due to excessive accumulation of uric acid in tissues leading to acute and chronic arthritis and soft tissue and bone deposition of uric acid (tophi).
Acute Gouty Arthritis • Abrupt onset often at night • 75% of initial attacks in first MTP joint • Usually monoarticular, may be polyarticular • Attack subsides in 3-10 days • Na+ urate crystals in synovial fluid • Hyperuricemia may or may not be present
The victim goes to bed and sleeps in good health. About 2 o’clock in the morning he is awakened by a severe pain in the great toe; more rarely in the heel, ankle or instep.
The pain is like that of a dislocation, and yet the parts feel as if cold water were poured over them…Now it is a violent stretching and tearing of the ligaments – now it is a gnawing pain, and now a pressure and tightening.
So exquisite and lively meanwhile is the feeling of the part affected, that it cannot bear the weight of the bedclothes nor the jar of person walking in the room. The night is spent in torture.- Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689)
Hyperuricemia Overproduction (10%) (80 % idiopathic) • Ethanol • HGPRT or G6PD deficiency • PRPP synthetase overactivity • Myeloproliferative disorders • Cytotoxic chemotherapy • Sickle-cell anemia
Hyperuricemia Underexcretion (90%) (80% idiopathic) • Renal insufficiency • Drugs and toxins • Diuretics • Ethanol • Cyclosporine A • Pyrazinamide • Lead nephropathy • Low dose aspirin • Ketosis
So who gets gout? Young and middle-aged men Individuals with hypertension, obesity,renal insufficiency, metabolic syndrome, organ transplants Patients on diuretics Beer drinkers
Who doesn’t get gout? • Women • Unless • Post-menopausal • Renal insufficiency • Chronic diuretic use • Myeloproliferative disorder
The prevalence of gout is increasing Patients with CHF and renal disease are surviving longer Obesity/metabolic syndrome epidemic More organ transplants Less estrogen used Low dose aspirin use
GOUT: DIAGNOSIS • Presentation • Patient demographics • Physical findings • Differentiate from: • Sepsis • RA • Spondyloarthropathy(psoriasis, reactive) • Lyme
GOUT: DIAGNOSIS • Arthrocentesis and crystal identification • Serum uric acid may be misleading and is not a good diagnostic test for acute gout.
TREATMENT OF ACUTE GOUT • NSAIDS • Intra-articular steroids • Prednisone • Colchicine • PO – no fun • IV – be careful (limited availability)
TREATMENT OF RECURRENT GOUT • PO daily low-dose colchicine • Colchicine neuromypathy • Lower serum uric acid level
TREATMENT OF HYPERURICEMIA: INDICATIONS • Repeated or severe acute gout attacks • Patient preference • Tophaceous/erosive gout • Chemotherapy of hematologic malignancies • Nephrolithiasis
Treatment of Hyperuricemia • Decrease uric acid production • Allopurinol • Febuxostat (Uloric) • Uricosuric agents • Probenecid • Sulfinpyrazone
TREATMENT OF HYPERURICEMIA: ALLOPURINOL/FEBUXOSTAT • Marked hyperuricemia • Increased urinary uric acid excretion • Tophaceous or erosive gout • Renal insufficiency • Nephrolithiasis
TREATMENT OF HYPERURICEMIA: URICOSURICS • Low urinary uric acid excretion • Mild renal insufficiency (Probenecid, sulfinpyrazone)
TREATMENT PEARLS • Aspirin makes gout worse. • Allopurinol/febuxostat is a treatment for hyperuricemia and not acute gout. • Giving allopurinol or febuxostat during an acute attack will prolong the attack. • Starting allopurinol/febuxostat may provoke attacks. • Therefore add colchicine for 6-12 mos.