Gout Pictures

Depending on the severity of your gout, from mild, moderate, to severe; the visual characteristics can change as well.

Routinely, gout starts off with mild swelling within your joint, accompanied by sharp pain.

As gout progresses, the joint and surrounding areas become inflamed, causing increased swelling.

A minority of gout sufferers may develop severe disfigurement from the swelling and deposition of uric acid around the surrounding tissues. The following pictures of gout illustrate the area and progression of the disease.











Severe gout and the accompanied disfigurement can cause emotional distress not only from the painful inflammation but the effect to one’s self esteem.





Surgery and aggressive treatment of your gout is most often recommended at this point to prevent further damage to the area, and to help relieve much of the associated pain... As can be shown by the following pictures of gout.