Can Gout Cause a Fever?

When gout occurs, the joint tends to be extremely painful and is warm, red and swollen (Figure 6: Toe with Acute Attack of Gout). The inflammation that is part of a gout attack is systemic, so that fever and chills, fatigue and malaise are not uncommonly part of the picture of a gout attack.

Can gout cause low grade fever?

Gout often occurs in the legs or feet and often affects a single joint, especially the large joint of the big toe. Often people with gout also experience symptoms that affect the entire body, such as mild fever, chills and a feeling of being unwell.

Can you have a fever with a gout attack?

There are several other conditions, such as a joint infection, that have some of the same symptoms as gout attacks. You have a highfever and chills. Gout attack symptoms may include a mild fever, but a higher temperature may be a sign of an infection.