How is gout prognosis?

Good if treated early, considerable morbidity, acute episodes are handicapping, chronic injury to intra-articular cartilage leaves joints susceptible to joint infections, untreated tophi can lead to severe joint destruction, renal impairment, spinal cord impingement when deposition in tissues produces a large mass. Hyperuricemia and gout are associated with increased mortality Association with heart and vascular diseases, renal diseases, metabolic disordes, and joint diseases