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How do you get tested for gout?
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Exam and testing: Your doctor can ask you questions (how quickly your joint pain started, whether a joint swelled or turned red), then possibly take blood tests and/or xrays, and in some cases during a "flare" aspirate fluid from a joint with a small needle. (usually specialists do this.) ask your doctor if you have concerns because gout is very treatable.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Fluid crystals: Swollen joint drain fluid look under microscope for uric acid crystals check serum uric acid level.
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