The harm of high uric acid

With the improvement of people's living standards, the incidence of hyperuricemia is increasing year by year. Under normal circumstances, male blood uric acid is > 465,438+06 μ mol/L, and female blood uric acid is > 357 μ mol/L, which is called hyperuricemia. Some patients ask what is the harm of high uric acid? Long-term blood uric acid rise, some patients will have some lower limb joints suddenly red, swollen, hot, painful, and occasionally accompanied by fever. This condition is called acute gouty arthritis. If gouty arthritis is not treated in time, there will be repeated and persistent joint inflammation attacks, which is called chronic gouty arthritis. If acute gouty arthritis and chronic gouty arthritis are not treated in time, the bones of joints will be damaged and the joint function will be adversely affected. Long-term hyperuricemia will affect patients' kidneys and lead to gouty nephropathy, which is manifested as proteinuria, hematuria, kidney calculi, hydronephrosis and even renal insufficiency. Long-term hyperuricemia will also have adverse effects on patients' cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and blood sugar.