What are the dangers of hyperuricemia?

The harm caused by hyperuricemia is relatively large, because gout patients usually have high uric acid levels during examinations. It also affects the health of our joints, and some may even invade the kidneys and cause gouty kidney disease or renal failure.

1. Because it often occurs after excessive use of the joints, it is easy for people to self-diagnose it as "joint strain" or "joint sprain", and buy OTC drugs such as joint pain cream or seek private massage.

2. The complete remission period of early gouty arthritis is another important "harm" that causes mental paralysis, a typical case of "the pain is forgotten once the scar has healed."

3. The hyperuricemia stage becomes a potential "harm" because there are no subjective symptoms. Adverse effects on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems have already begun to occur and there is a chance of reversal, but it is often ignored because there are no symptoms. This is the so-called "invisible killer."

4. It is an independent risk factor for the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and seriously affects the prognosis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

5. Cause kidney stones and urinary stones. Larger stones can block the ureter and cause hematuria, renal colic, and pyelonephritis; huge stones can cause deformation of the renal pelvis and calyces and hydronephrosis.

6. It can invade the kidneys, causing gouty nephropathy and renal failure.

7. It can invade the joints and cause gouty arthritis, with redness, swelling, heat, pain, etc. The pain is severe and unbearable, especially in the toes, ankles, knees, fingers, and wrists. Repeated attacks may cause chronic arthritis, joint deformities, and even inability to walk or hold objects.