can you tell me the causes of a gout arthritis?!
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Gout is a condition from an accumulation of uric acid in the body, which exists often as crystals once out of the blood. If this uric acid accumulates in the joints, this will cause inflammation - which is arthritis.
Uric acid will accumulate either if there's an overproduction of it, or if your body is incapable getting rid of it. The kidneys should be able to filter out the uric acid from the blood and then excrete it in the urine. Any part of this process can break down, leading to a build-up of uric acid in the body and in the joints.
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I can number a bunch of causes, but I can resume those, in the most frequent causes, like inherited, mutations in some enzymes' purine related, alcohol, overeating food rich in purines, like organ meat,legumes, yeast, etc, high levels of uric acid; there're many risk factors as been overweight, tuberculosis, high blood pressure, etc, etc, you can read over the sites listed below or get into the internet for more info! Good luck!
Source(s):
http://www.medicinenet.com/gout/index.htm
http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/gout/gout.htm
http://www.hopkins-arthritis.som.jhmi.edu/other/gout.html
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