Patients with hyperuricemia and gout must pay attention. When gout attacks, it is not just a pain problem. In fact, its invisible damage is even more terrifying.
In life, many people only control their diet and take medicine when a gout attack occurs. Once the gout attack passes, the scar will be healed and the pain will be forgotten, and they can continue to eat, drink and socialize as usual. This ignorant approach directly leads to the delay of the disease and causes irreversible damage.
In fact, as long as high uric acid occurs, potential and continuous harm will always exist. As long as uric acid does not reach the standard, it will continue to do evil silently. Moreover, this kind of chronic damage that cannot be seen or felt is very scary.
Much evidence shows that hyperuricemia and gout are independent risk factors for arthritis, chronic kidney disease,hypertension,cardiocerebrovascular disease and diabetes, and are independent predictors of premature death. .
85% to 90% of people have urate crystals deposited in joints and tendons before their first gout attack, causing chronic inflammation. When inflammation attacks acutely, it's known as gout, causing excruciating and severe pain. What's more serious is that long-term deposition of urate can cause damage to joint structures, leading to joint deformation and even disability.
Urate crystals can also be deposited in the kidneys, which on the one hand can lead to kidney stones ; on the other hand, they can damage the glomeruli and cause kidney disease. Studies have shown that more than 90% of gout patients have kidney damage, which is why Many patients with high uric acid are complicated by kidney disease, and severe cases can cause renal failure and uremia.
Urate will also be deposited on the blood vessel wall, leading to atherosclerosis, and eventually coronary heart disease , hypertension, and stroke.
Urate will also be deposited in the pancreatic islets, damaging the pancreatic islet beta cells, leading to further aggravation of diabetes.
Therefore, people with hyperuricemia and gout must know and pay attention to the influencing factors of blood uric acid levels throughout their lives, and always control blood uric acid levels within the ideal range. Only in this way can gout attacks and recurrences be avoided, and hidden injuries can be avoided.
It is necessary to correct misunderstandings and practices as soon as possible, change diet, control weight, take medicine when necessary, and maintain uric acid within the standard for a long time.
For patients with hyperuricemia, it is recommended that uric acid should be controlled at 360umol/L; for patients with gout, it is recommended that uric acid should be controlled at <300umol/L.>
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