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Precipitation of crystals from solution is a relatively simple phenomenon that should be explained by changes in concentration, temperature, pH, or other local factors. Which of these factors determines the preferential precipitation of urate crystals at the base of the big toe? Podagra correlates with degenerative joint disease of the toe, often follows abuse of the feet, and classically occurs in the middle of the night. These characteristics suggest that crystals may form in resolving synovial effusions. The urate concentration must transiently rise in such an effusion because water will leave the joint space twice as fast as urate. If the local concentration surpasses the solubility of urate, crystals will form that may than induce acute podagra.
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PMID:The pathogenesis of podagra. 31 26

Gout, a common disorder in adults is exceedingly rare in the first decade of life and uncommon in teenagers. A recent book on bone diseases in childhood does not even mention gout [7]. Childhood podagra with a radiographic findings is a very unusual finding indeed.
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PMID:Juvenile gout with typical radiographic findings. 140 57

The case is presented of a 70 year old woman with mild hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension who was readmitted to hospital six months after a previous admission for angina pectoris. The patient was treated with verapamil, nifedipine, and aspirin, and had been receiving bezafibrate (400 mg every 12 hours) for the previous 40 days. Twenty four hours after admission she developed podagra, which was treated with indomethacin (100 mg daily). Eight days after admission myocardial infarction was suspected, and the next day she presented with symptoms of rhabdomyolysis, which was confirmed by laboratory tests. Bezafibrate was withdrawn and the patient became asymptomatic after seven days. It is recommended that doctors should be aware of the possibility of patients, especially those with impaired renal function, developing rhabdomyolysis while being treated with bezafibrate.
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PMID:Bezafibrate induced rhabdomyolysis. 158 57

The efficacy was studied of using allopurinol in 68 patients with primary podagra. The obtained results were compared with the treatment of 118 other patients who received similar treatment but without allopurinol (zanthinoxidase inhibitor). Allopurinol increased essentially the efficacy of therapeutic measures though positive dynamics concerning the renal process was achieved in 1/3 of patients.
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PMID:[The efficacy of the allopurinol treatment of patients with gouty nephropathy]. 177 52

An analysis was made of some immunological indices in patients with podagra. It was established that women showed a more pronounced reduction of T-lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and their functional activity in tests with phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin as well as a deficit of B-lymphocytes, hyperproduction of C-immunoglobulin and antibodies to DNA in the blood serum. Males showed an increased level of B-lymphocytes. M-immunoglobulin and antirenal antibody titers. The concentration of circulating immune complexes in the blood rose equally independent of age.
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PMID:[The characteristics of the disorders of the immune status in gout patients]. 179 78

Although our understanding of hyperuricemia and gout has changed little over the past several years, questions remain in defining the many metabolic abnormalities that can result in these problems. In the past year, several papers have further addressed heritable mechanisms for the development of hyperuricemia, as well as environmental factors that contribute to its onset in adulthood. Consequences of hyperuricemia other than clinical gout have received further attention. Although typical gout is easily recognized and treated, several recent papers have addressed atypical presentations of gout, as well as other causes of podagra that might have been attributed previously to gout. The treatment of patients whose disease is uncomplicated by other conditions remains straightforward. However, the presentation of gout in patients with multiple comorbidities not only increases recognition of the toxicity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine, but often requires innovative approaches to its treatment.
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PMID:Gout and hyperuricemia. 191 Oct 63

We report on a 51-year-old male patient who had been suffering from gouty arthritis and podagra with relapsing attacks of severe pain for the last 10 years. We treated two tophaceus deposits on the left heel with the CO2 laser and conventional enucleating surgery. These tophi had immobilized the patient for months and it had not been possible to control them by conservative therapy.
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PMID:[Ulcerating gout tophi. Surgical therapy in a patient with hyperuricemia, hyperlipidemia and alcohol abuse]. 193

The incidence of podagric nephropathy in different age groups was studied on a large populational material (41,452 persons over 30 years). The number of patients suffering from podagra was shown to increase with each decade of life. In 122 patients with podagric nephropathy, deviations in urinalyses were recorded in 80 cases (65.5%). Of these, 53 patients (72.6%) were ot 60 years of age and older. In patients over 60, derangement of nitrogen-excretory renal function was seen more frequently (in 64.4%) than in other age groups. The greater incidence of podagra and podagric nephropathy over the recent decade may be related not to the changes in the nutrition pattern and hypodynamia but also, and possibly to a larger measure, with deterioration of the environmental conditions and alterations in radiation background.
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PMID:[The age-related aspects of gouty nephropathy]. 194 43

In 65 patient suffering from podagra, liver function was found to depend on a number of aggravating factors (alcoholic drink use, obesity). Liver function disorders were detected in 1/4 of the patients examined. Alterations in enzymic activity were recorded in 44% of podagra patients, using alcohol. The level of AlAT was 0.78 +/- 0.21 mumol/l versus 0.54 +/- 0.02 in the control group (p less than 0.05), that of AcAT 0.60 +/- 0.13 mumol/l versus 0.41 +/- 0.01 in the control group, and that of xanthine oxidase 110.9 +/- 3.89 units versus 87.4 +/- 1.4 in the control group. In 22.2% of podagra in the disease history, alterations in liver function were also detectable, which was likely to be due to the podagra process itself. On scanning of 36 patients suffering from podagra, 23 persons manifested diffuse and 6 focal liver injury.
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PMID:[Liver involvement in podagra]. 204 26

The history of the use of music to lessen the pain of rheumatism is seen in the use of musical therapy in medicine as a whole. Sources citing the use of music specifically in rheumatism are rare; often, rather than rheumatism, terms like "gout (podagra)" or "joint-pain" are mentioned. This is connected with the obscure and pathognomic perceptions of rheumatism. In the archeo-medicine and for primitive cultures the considered potency of music was primarily dominated by animistic thinking. In antiquity humoral pathology developed a philosophy that tried to explain the benefits of music, even for rheumatism, but found little acceptance. In the Middle Ages and in the Baroque period iatromechanistic conceptions determined music as useful in fight against pain. In the Romantic period there was speculation about music as a causal therapy, but it was shortlived. In the 20th century music is applied as an active therapy in the care of persons suffering from rheumatism; its empiric success as a remedy in rehabilitative and palliative therapy is recognized.
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PMID:[Music for rheumatism--a historical overview]. 219 38


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