What can cause gout?

What can be the most painful experience? gout  is one of the worst pains that can be experienced. It can make patient’s toe red and inflamed, the toe might appear hotter than other body parts, the pain is terrible and even the lightest thing will hurt if it touches! This can all happen by a particular joint or joints inflammation. This inflammation can be caused if a substance called uric acid rises above a certain threshold value in blood. The causes for this rise in uric acid can be body’s inability to expel uric acid out of the body or because of increased production of uric acid. This again is caused by many factors like lazy living ways, excessive alcohol intake, excessive use of meat and sugar in diet etc. There are certain tests that will reveal whether a person is suffering from this disease or not. Increased levels of uric acid does not always mean that a person has joint inflammation; rather certain tests should be conducted to verify.