1 You will not have joint pain or stiffness, but this does not mean your gout is cured. 2  You will still need treatment to prevent chronic gout. 3  Chronic tophaceous gout: Without treatment, large amounts of uric acid crystals, called tophi, collect around your joints. 4  The crystals can destroy or deform the joints.
Share. By Scott P. Richert. Question: Lent, the period of prayer and fasting in preparation for Easter, is 40 days long, but there are 46 days between Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, and Easter.
With Ash Wednesday being celebrated today, we know that means the beginning of Lent. This religious tradition is a 40-day observance in the liturgical calendar which is characterized by prayer, fasting and/or abstinence. This year the beginning of Lent is on Wednesday, February 18 and will end on Thursday, April 2. It runs for about six weeks and leads up to Easter.