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.
In the Christian calendar, Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter which is treated as a period of reflection and a time for fasting from food and festivities. It symbolises the days which lead up to Jesus' crucifixion and subsequent resurrection when Christ spent 40 days and nights alone in the desert.