Question

What is gout ?
Topic: Excretion and osmoregulation

Answer 1

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● Gout -

• Gout is painful metabolic disorder characterized by accumulation of excess uric acid in the body.
• This excess uric acid is deposited in joint cartilages and causes bone pain.
• It presents as arthritis characterised by severe pain, redness, tenderness.
• Acut gout is treated by indomethacin, prednisolone and colchicine.
• Chronic gout is treated by allopurinol and probenecid.

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Answer 2

Gout:

• Gout is an arthritis which is caused by the presence of excess 'uric acid in the bloodstream'. The symptom of the gout is the 'severe pain in the joint at midnight' or in the early morning.
• Excretion- The process to remove the nitrogenous waste of the 'harmful substances from the body' is called the excretion. The major excretion process is done by the urinary system of the body.
• Osmoregulation- Osmoregulation is the process to maintain the osmotic condition by which the water and the solute concentration are maintained in the body.