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What can you do to tell gout from deep vein thrombosis?
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Location: Gout affects joint, deep vein thrombosis affects veins, ie: leg, groin.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Toe vs leg: Gout affects joints mostly the great toe on the foot, causing pain swelling and redness.Deep vein thrombosis cause leg pain , sometimes swelling rarely redness and mostly in the calf. Dvt is cause by a clot in the deep veins so there may more prominent veins.
Answered 5/19/2018
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