Gout can be treated with one or a combination of therapies. The goals of treatment are to ease the pain associated with acute attacks, to prevent future attacks, and to avoid the formation of kidney stones and tophi (uric acid crystal deposits in joints, cartilage and bones that form swollen nodules and can break through the skin).

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