Chronic Tophaceous Gout
Chronic tophaceous gout is the most weakening type of gout. Permanent damage can occur in the kidneys as well as the joints. The patient might suffer from chronic arthritis and develop big lumps of uric acid crystals and tophi in cooler areas of the body like the joints of the fingers. It might take a long time to reach the stage of chronic tophaceous gouts and the doctors track it up to 10 years to develop these big lumps. It is a lot unlikely that a patient getting proper treatment will reach to the stage of developing chronic tophaceous gout.