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Card 4 / 37: Visit this website ( http://openstaxcollege.org/l/gout ) to read about a patient who arrives at the hospital with joint pain and weakness in his legs. What caused this patient's weakness?
Answer:
Gout is due to the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the body. Usually these accumulate within joints, causing joint pain. This patient also had crystals that accumulated in the space next to his spinal cord, thus compressing the spinal cord and causing muscle weakness.
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OpenStax College. Anatomy & Physiology, OpenStax-CNX Web site. http://cnx.org/content/col11496/1.6/, Jun 11, 2014
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