Is uric acid level of 480 serious?

A uric acid level of 480 is relatively serious. If you don’t have any symptoms of gout, you can first treat it by controlling your diet. You must eat less high-purine foods and avoid seafood and barbecue. If you have the habit of smoking and drinking, you should change this. If you like to eat animal offal, don’t eat it. Then do regular check-ups. If it is still high, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time.

What are the symptoms of high uric acid?

1. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

High uric acid levels are difficult to detect in the early stages, but when an attack occurs it can cause severe joint pain and metabolic disorders in the body's purines, leading to hyperuricemia and gout. Generally speaking, during a physical examination in the hospital, you can observe whether the concentration of uric acid in your blood is higher than normal.

2. Acute hyperuricemia arthritis

This symptom may occur in all seasons. If people with high uric acid often suffer local injuries or are attacked by wind and cold, as well as the stimulation of certain drugs, they may develop symptoms of acute hyperuricemia arthritis.

When the disease occurs, the uric acid in the human body will form crystalline substances and accumulate in the synovial fluid of the joints. The crystalline substances can cause swelling and pain in arthritis, which is not conducive to the normal life of the human body.

3. Gouty arthritis

If the condition is more serious and patients with high uric acid levels show a tendency to deteriorate rapidly, it will cause gouty arthritis, with the main affected areas being the thumb joints, knee joints, etc. If it is not treated for a long time, it will spread and the soft tissue part of the auricle will also experience symptoms such as pain, accompanied by abnormal reactions such as redness, swelling, and heat.

Does high uric acid mean gout?

1. High uric acid levels are not necessarily gout

The main reason for high uric acid is the disorder of purine metabolism in the human body. If this substance is much higher than normal, it will cause increased uric acid and hyperuricemia, and even cause gout. From this it can be seen that high uric acid levels do not necessarily mean gout. If patients with high uric acid levels can adjust their purine levels in time, the condition will often not continue to worsen and induce gout symptoms.

2. Gout is related to many factors, not just high uric acid

There are many medical criteria for diagnosing gout, such as whether there are uric acid stones in the joints, or the amount of uric acid and purine content in the blood, etc., which can all be used as a basis for diagnosing gout. It can be seen from this that even if the uric acid level is high, if there is no uric acid stone or the purine content is still normal, gout cannot be diagnosed.

3. High uric acid levels return to normal and will not cause gout

Generally speaking, high uric acid levels can easily lead to various arthritis swelling and pain phenomena, but if it is adjusted in time at this stage, hyperuricemia can be avoided and gout symptoms will not be caused. Therefore, when facing the symptoms of high uric acid, you must seize the time to seek treatment and strive to recover in the early stages.

Finally, a reminder that when you experience symptoms of high uric acid, you must adjust your diet and lifestyle habits in a timely manner to avoid triggering more serious gout reactions.