The diagnosis of gout sets into motion an assessment and therapeutic program for comorbidities, plus an enduring treatment program for gout-flare treatment and prophylaxis and serum urate lowering.

CHRONIC monarticular arthritis often presents difficulty in diagnosis. With insidious onset and gradually increasing disability, the history may be confusing and the clinical and laboratory findings ...

Joint aspiration (also called arthrocentesis) is a procedure that sucks fluid from your knee, hip, shoulder, or other joints. Your doctor may do it to help with swelling and fluid related to an injury ...

Joints often crack due to harmless gas bubbles in fluid or tendons moving over bones. While usually normal, persistent pain, swelling, or stiffness could signal arthritis or injury. Staying active, ...