For foodies, nothing is happier than swigging wine and eating meat.

But it will also make you more likely to cause high uric acid than ordinary people.

According to the data, in recent years, hyperuricemia in China has obviously increased and become younger. The overall prevalence of hyperuricemia in China is 654.38+03.3%, and the number of patients is about 654.38+77 million.

When you think that gout is only the patent of the elderly who love seafood, many post-90 s have already embarked on the road of gout.

Statistics show that nearly 60% of patients with hyperuricemia and gout in China are young people aged 18-35. This means that gout is no longer a "middle-aged and elderly disease".

From a medical point of view, gout is directly related to hyperuricemia caused by purine metabolism disorder or decreased uric acid excretion.

Gout and hyperuricemia are like a pair of close comrades-in-arms, cooperating to commit crimes; When the uric acid value climbs to a certain height, gout will immediately become ill.

How to judge whether uric acid is normal?

At present, the normal standard range of blood uric acid level in China is based on umol/L.

Normal value of male uric acid:178-416 umol/l;

Normal value of female uric acid:148-357 umol/l.

If the physical examination report shows that the male is higher than 465,438+0.6 umol/L and the female is higher than 357umol/L, it can be diagnosed as "hyperuricemia".

Dr. Lu suggests that you have a regular physical examination and check the uric acid index. If the blood uric acid is normal for the first time, the possibility of hyperuricemia and gout cannot be easily ruled out, and a physical examination should be conducted at least once a year.

Under normal circumstances, uric acid is mostly excreted through the kidneys, and a small part is excreted through feces.

However, uric acid that is not discharged will accumulate in the body to a certain extent, so that urate will be deposited in joints and their surrounding tissues, and even cause inflammatory reactions.

The most typical symptom is gouty arthritis, with acute and severe pain and redness on toes, ankles and knees.

How painful is gout? Some people describe it as "the devil keeps biting your feet".

In addition, gout may also lead to:

In fact, gout attacks have a certain "seasonal" law. For example, when the weather is cold in winter, urate is easy to deposit, which will increase the risk of gout. In summer, the following factors are also very easy to "induce" gout.

1, water supply is insufficient

Summer is hot and dry, sweating a lot, and the water loss of human body is accelerated-the direct consequence is the increase of blood uric acid concentration.

If you don't pay attention to the supplement of water at this time, acute gout will naturally find you.

2, high purine diet

Summer is coming, drink a bottle of cold beer, eat a barbecue and eat a crayfish ... Many gout patients eat these foods containing a lot of purine because they "don't shut up", which leads to an increase in blood uric acid.

In addition, air conditioning is often blown in summer, and long-term low temperature is also conducive to the local deposition of uric acid in the blood to cause gout. Therefore, it is best to remind gout patients to wear socks in air-conditioned rooms.

The "cure" process of gout is actually not easy, but as long as we try to control uric acid and stick to it, there will be "repercussions".

1, take the medicine on time according to the doctor's advice

Gout and hyperuricemia are chronic diseases, which require long-term use of uric acid-lowering drugs and regular detection of blood uric acid levels.

If uric acid control reaches the standard, the dosage can be reduced or stopped at the doctor's suggestion.

Uric acid level should still be detected regularly after drug withdrawal to avoid gout recurrence caused by uric acid is too high.

Step 2 control your diet

Gout is hereditary in the family, but it is also closely related to eating habits and lifestyle.

Such as excessive intake of high purine foods: red meat, animal offal, beer, seafood, sugary drinks, etc. These high purine foods will be converted into uric acid in the human body, increasing the risk of gout and other diseases.

If you have gout patients at home, Dr. Lu has compiled a complete list of purine content in food for you, click on the picture, save it with one click, and use it as a reference for your daily diet according to the table.

Gout patients are advised to eat more foods with low purine content and less foods with high purine content.

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