What's wrong with high uric acid and urea nitrogen?

Uric acid and urea nitrogen are measured in normal values. When the values ​​of uric acid and urea nitrogen are high, you should be aware that it may be kidney disease and you need to take it seriously. When uric acid and urea nitrogen levels are high, you should check them out in time and pay attention to dietary care so that the disease can be controlled.

1. Uric acid is a metabolic product, which is generally produced in large quantities by birds and reptiles. For humans, the urine in our body mainly contains urea and only a small amount of uric acid. Urea nitrogen, as the name suggests, is the nitrogen content in urea. Urea nitrogen is a product of human protein metabolism, and urea is excreted mainly through the human kidneys.

2. The main cause of high uric acid is the disorder of purine metabolism in the human body, which causes uric acid to accumulate in the blood, thereby causing chronic diseases such as gout. Generally speaking, the amount of uric acid produced and excreted in the human body is balanced. One third of the uric acid in the human body comes from food, two thirds is produced by the body itself, and one third is excreted from the intestines and two thirds from the kidneys. However, if there is a problem with the human kidneys or there is inflammation, it may cause high uric acid levels.

3. As for urea nitrogen, as mentioned earlier, the excretion of urea mainly depends on the human kidneys. In the early stages of kidney problems, urea nitrogen levels may be normal; however, as kidney problems worsen, high urea nitrogen levels will become more prominent.

4. In summary, high levels of uric acid and urea nitrogen are closely related to the kidneys. Therefore, if people find that these two values ​​are high during urine testing, they can consider whether there is a problem with the kidneys and then go to the hospital for further diagnosis and treatment. In addition to seeking treatment as soon as possible, patients with these two types of high values ​​should also pay special attention to their own diet and lifestyle habits, reduce the intake of high-purine substances, drink less strong tea and coffee, eat less spicy and irritating foods, eat more kidney-tonifying and qi-nourishing foods, strictly control work and rest time, start with basic lifestyle habits, protect the kidneys, and control further aggravation of the disease.