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Did you know that a little over 2 million Americans suffer from gout symptoms every year? If you want to reduce your chances of suffering from gout for too long, you’ll need to know the signs to look for so you can get immediate treatment and decrease the amount of time it takes for you to recover. After reading the following indicators of gout below, you’ll be equipped to more easily stave off the more debilitating aspects of this arthritic disease.

One of the first gout symptoms you’ll likely experience will sneak up on you at night while you sleep. You’ll be jolted awake by shiny red and swollen skin pulled tautly over an inflamed joint, usually the big toe. Other joints can get afflicted too, though, so check your knees, fingers, wrists, and elbows for pain.

Next, monitor the pain your joint to see if it becomes more painful over several hours. After a few hours have passed, you may not even be able to touch the joint without wincing due to the excruciating pain.

Gout symptoms can sometimes be disguised as feeling extremely tired or having a slight fever. If you’re tired all the time or have a temperature of 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, along with a swollen joint that’s warm and painful to touch, then you’re having a gout attack.

So, to go over the gout symptoms checklist again, ask yourself the following questions:

- Do you have a swollen and shiny red joint that feels warm and painful?

- Is the pain worse now than it was a few hours ago?

- Do you feel slightly feverish or very, very tired, in addition to having an inflamed joint?

If you experience these indicators, get treatment or try gout pain remedies as soon as possible.