10 Symptoms of Gout in Foot
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #8: Flaking Skin
When a part of the body becomes swollen, so the skin surrounding it becomes stretched. Although reasonably stretchy, the skin can become damaged and die as it is stretched too much. When this happens, the surface will sometimes become flaky as the dead skin cells fall away.
This flaking will likely worsen when the swelling begins to fade. The skin will be trying to repair itself and new skin cells will be replacing the old. The new skin cells forming and displacing the old ones can also cause the area to become itchy. These symptoms will pass once the skin is healed.
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