Gout occurs among men usually between the ages of 30 and 50. However, for women, Gout is more likely to erupt after the age of 60.

Gout stands for metabolic arthritis which is a disease created by a buildup of uric acid that gets deposited on the articular cartilage of joints, tendons and surrounding tissues, resulting in inflammatory reaction of these tissues.

Gout is characterized by excruciating, sudden, unexpected, burning pain, as well as swelling, redness, warmth and stiffness in the affected joint.

The treatment for Gout includes pain relief, followed by drugs like indomethacin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), oral glucocorticoids or intra-articular glucocorticoids administered via a joint injection.

Most famous sufferer of gout was Henry VIII. other celebrities include Khubilai Khan, Nostradamus, John Milton, Isaac Newton, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Charles V, Pablo Neruda and Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Gout affects up to 500,000 (1 in 30) Canadians and occurs more frequently in countries that have a high standard of living.

The features of Gout are linked with a urinary solute, late onset in women, alcohol drinking and even abstention of dairy products and were recognized by Aulus Cornelius Celsus in 30 AD.

Gout is rare in China, Polynesia and the Philippines, but when people born in these countries move to areas with a higher standard of living, their incidence of gout has also tended to increase.

Gout is predominantly a disease of adult men. Moreover, men are at least four times more likely to develop gout than women.

Gout most often affects the big toe but can also affect the ankle, knee, foot, hand, wrist and elbow.