How do you know if your uric acid level is high?

If you want to know whether uric acid is high, you can understand it through its symptoms at different stages. In the early stages, many patients do not have obvious symptoms and need to be understood through scientific examinations. In the later stages, patients are prone to symptoms such as local joint injuries, pain, and fatigue.

1. There are different manifestations in different stages.

1. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: Blood tests may reveal an increased blood uric acid concentration, but no clinical symptoms such as arthritis, hyperuricemia or kidney stones appear. During this period, it is generally difficult to detect unless a test is done. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia may last for 10 to 20 years, and some people may never develop hyperuricemia throughout their lives. Generally speaking, the higher the blood uric acid level, the greater the risk of hyperuricemia.

2. Acute hyperuricemia arthritis: It can occur in all seasons, but is most common in spring and autumn. Local joint injury, overeating and drinking, excessive fatigue, damp and cold, certain medications, infection and surgical operations can all trigger acute attacks. These factors can cause the already supersaturated uric acid to form needle-shaped crystals that are deposited in the synovial fluid of the joints. The crystals are regarded as foreign by the white blood cells in the body and are phagocytosed. After being phagocytosed, inflammatory factors are released, causing acute attacks.

2. Control

1. Do appropriate aerobic exercise, but avoid strenuous exercise to avoid overstraining the joints. It is best to choose aerobic exercises such as swimming, Tai Chi, and table tennis to lose weight.

2. Drink more boiled water or light tea. It is best to control the daily urine output to around 2000ml. Westerners often drink apple cider vinegar regularly to lower uric acid. Do not drink strong tea, coffee or sweetened drinks.

3. Eat more vegetarian food, but not all vegetarian food. Eat more purple eggplant, Shanghai greens, and lettuce. Avoid spinach as a green vegetable, and eat less or no beans at all. Eat more fruits. Various fruits are composed of carbohydrates, which have a positive effect on making the body alkaline, especially eating more cherries.

4. Eat less meat. Why don’t I say “don’t eat meat”? Of course you need to eat some meat. Animal fat and animal protein are irreplaceable by other foods and are also necessary for the human body, but you must control the amount! Seafood, animal offal and hot pot are strictly prohibited (fish is of course a river fish, so you can eat less and drink more water after eating). Otherwise, if you eat meat excessively, all your efforts will be wasted.