What is uric acid

Nowadays, there are more and more new diseases in our lives. When we go to the hospital for treatment, many doctors are not very good at medicine, so they can only judge the disease in the patient's body through examination. Some of our more common examinations are urine tests and blood tests. These two days of examinations can clearly show whether there is inflammation in our body. Urine tests have a uric acid value, so what is uric acid?

The "culprit" that pushes up the uric acid level in our body is the disorder of purine metabolism. Simply speaking in terms of quantity, the uric acid formed by purine metabolism and the uric acid excreted through urine every day must be basically equal, so the uric acid level can be stably maintained at a low level. When purine metabolism is abnormal, the production of uric acid increases "unnecessarily" and exceeds the excretion capacity of uric acid. A large amount of uric acid cannot be excreted from the body in time and remains in the body, and the uric acid level will inevitably rise slowly. If uric acid excretion disorder occurs again, the excretion of uric acid will be blocked, which will make the situation even worse.

Purine is the "raw material" for the production of uric acid. Controlling diet and reducing the intake of exogenous purine can help us reduce the formation of uric acid, which is of great practical significance for lowering endosomal uric acid levels. For patients with gout and hyperuricemia, they should try not to eat high-purine foods, eat less medium-purine foods, and eat more low-purine foods. Eating less requires us to pay attention to the daily intake. The general requirement is that the daily intake should not exceed 100 grams. If you cannot estimate, then you should err on the side of less rather than more. When eating, just eat just enough and you will never make a mistake.

Frankly speaking, it is unrealistic to rely solely on food to lower uric acid levels in the body. Alkaline foods with low purine content are helpful in lowering uric acid to a certain extent, but their effect is very limited and they cannot become the "main force" in lowering uric acid. As for those foods that are said to have a significant effect in lowering uric acid, the actual effects are often not as good as advertised. If you want to effectively lower the uric acid level in your body, it is best to seek medical attention in a timely manner, start regular treatment, and take targeted uric acid-lowering medications under the guidance of a doctor. After all, taking medicine when you are sick is natural.

Why is the effect of lowering uric acid by simply relying on food not obvious? The main reason is that even if medical research has proven that a certain ingredient really has the effect of lowering uric acid, it is limited by the concentration and purity of this active ingredient contained in food. Even if you eat more, it will not really work and may not achieve the desired effect. Therefore, the claim that a certain ingredient in a certain food can quickly lower uric acid is not reliable. Especially patients with hyperuricemia should not be "superstitious", otherwise, the best time for treatment will be missed, and it will be too late to regret when gout symptoms appear.