Gout is a disease from the group of inflammatory joint diseases involving uric acid crystals, which affects the joints of the lower extremities. The name of the disease comes from ancient Greek. πῶς - sweat, γρήγορος - fast, that is, “quickly advancing.” As a rule, a person hears such a word in his medical documents when doctors talk about gout of the toes. A characteristic sign of this disease is a defect in bone tissue in the form of a nodule - a gouty node. According to statistics, pathology occurs in 1