What diseases can high uric acid index cause?

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Hello, I have a relative who is 58 years old and female. As early as many years ago, her unit had a physical examination. The doctor said that her uric acid was a little high. Later, when she was reexamined, her uric acid level returned to normal, so the family didn't care too much. A few months ago, she always felt her joint pain, but after a short rest, it gradually eased. She thought she had rheumatism, so she bought some ointment for treatment. In recent months, she woke up from the joint pain for several nights, and the pain became more and more severe. After her family sent her to the hospital, the doctor said that her disease was caused by high uric acid, What disease can uric acid high cause excuse me?

What diseases can high uric acid index cause?

First of all, the increase of uric acid is generally caused by the abnormal metabolism of uric acid in the blood. It may also be caused by eating too much food containing purine. Long term increase of uric acid will lead to a variety of diseases. Therefore, when you find your own increase of uric acid, you must pay great attention to it.

2. The early symptoms of many patients with high uric acid are generally not obvious, so the high uric acid of some patients even lasts for many years before they are found. If the high uric acid situation continues without treatment, it is easy to lead to acute or chronic arthritis, mainly manifested as swelling, heat, pain and inability to move freely.

3. With the aggravation of the disease, in addition to the symptoms of arthritis, patients with high uric acid will also have many accumulated organ diseases, such as hyperuricemia, kidney stones, renal colic, blood in urine, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and other diseases, and a small number of patients will even develop into uremia.

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Therefore, when you find yourself or your relatives and friends have increased uric acid, you must pay attention to it, find out the causes, and treat it symptomatically. At the same time, you must pay attention to diet in your daily life, try to eat less purine rich food, such as animal viscera, seafood, wine, etc., and pay attention to sleep to ensure adequate sleep.