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When gout turns a joint into a pincushion

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Imagine tiny, needle-sharp shards of glass throwing a rave inside your big toe. That is gout, an absurd condition where excess uric acid precipitates out of your bodily fluids and crystallizes directly into a joint, causing blinding agony.

When gout turns a joint into a pincushion
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