How is gout and turf toe different?
In gout, the damage to your joint is from internal mechanisms, meaning the uric acid accumulation and urate crystals. With turf toe, the injury to your joint is from an outside force that bent the foot in a certain way.
The symptoms of gout are caused by uric acid crystals forming on your joints or around your soft tissue, making it hard to move joints and causing pain. In turf toe, the symptoms are from the hyperextension of your toe and surrounding joints and ligaments. Gout can be managed with diet, medications, and lifestyle alterations. None of these treatment strategies overlap with those for turf toe. Treatment for turf toe depends on the injury and symptoms. Drugs are solely recommended to relieve the pain.