Marathon runner Niven Hopkins was diagnosed with stage four chronic kidney disease, discovering that his ‘sore toe’ was in-fact gout.

Gout attacks usually happen in a single joint, like your big toe, or your knee. Within hours, the pain and swelling can become intense. Pain relievers and anti-inflammatories are usually ...

According to the NHS the main symptoms of gout are sudden severe pain in a joint – usually your big toe, but it can be in other joints in your feet, ankles, hands, wrists, elbows or knees. Sufferers ...

They may use additional tests to confirm a diagnosis. These can include: The first gout attack typically affects the big toe.

Doctors have long believed that high levels of uric acid in the blood (a condition called hyperuricemia) were the main cause ...

Gout is a common form of arthritis affecting about 1 in 50 people in the UK. It can cause unbearable pain around the joints and for many the first sign can be pain in the big toe. Other symptoms ...

Gout Gout’s first performance on Friday came in the 100m, where he ran the fourth-fastest effort in world history for an under-18 athlete – though because it had a tailwind over 2.0 meters per ...