What has high uric acid?

We’re all familiar with the term “uric acid” and know that it somehow relates to our health, but do we really understand what it is or what can cause its levels to increase? Fear not, dear reader! In this hilarious (if I may say so myself) article, we will delve into the world of high uric acid and everything related to it.

Introduction

To begin with, let us first establish exactly what uric acid is. Uric acid is a substance created by the body as it breaks down purines – chemical compounds present in some foods and drinks. These include alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine (sorry, folks!), organ meats like liver and kidneys (unless you’re a fan of offal), sardines (there goes my favorite snack), spinach (cue sad violin music), cauliflower, peas (ugh)…the list could go on!

Once formed in the liver, most of the body’s uric acids dissolve in blood before flowing through our kidneys which normally filter them out along with other waste products from our bodies. There are times when things don’t go according to plan though; when increased levels of uric acid remain circulating inside our bloodstream delivering beyond-the-carnage damage limits.

In fact ‘Hyperuricaemia’ is essentially defined as having more than 7 mg/dl for men or above 6 mg/dL for women when tested via blood sample/lab results — A HIGH URIC ACID!! So enough chit-chat about basics already..let’s move onto something funny!!

Say Hello To Jimmy!

Introducing Jimmy, he’s always been cool /calm cat during his college days partying up until late night followed by eating greasy takeaways early morning at university library almost twice every week! It wasn’t long however until around approximately September 2020 onward that his gout flared up like a beast out of hell. Jimmy being taken over by demons seemingly forgot to check what food and drink choices he was making resulting in the onset of his hyperuricaemic symptoms that came with its painful thorns!

Symptoms

So, you might be wondering: “what are some symptoms of high uric acid?” Well, wonder no more! Here are five common signs:

  1. Joint pain – It can occur in any joint from fingers to ankles (ouch).
  2. Gout attacks – A sudden flare-up of severe pain mainly around joints including redness swellings hotting up areas on skin.
  3. Kidney stones — Larger than normal waste product commonly referred as kidney stones; prominent enough they put obvious ache inside urinary tracts.
  4. Hard bumps (tophi) under skin surface presenting severely inflamed regions close to where deposits form galore!
  5. General fatigue and discomfort (accompanied by other symptoms listed above)

Other Random Symptoms

While we’re discussing odd and unique side effects generated high uric acid levels:

  • Debilitating chills accompanied with fever that frequently present itself right at night when trying to sleep.

  • An instant loss/misery for partying due it rarely ending well/sober!

Jimmy barely scraped through most days without fully debilitating himself but realized early on the importance of healthier lifestyle choices followed by medical advice! Everyone needs a break once in a while especially after staying too far into party mode but YOLO-ing rather consistently will certainly give rise issues.

Causes

Now let’s get down to brass tacks; how is such an unwelcome guest caused? There isn’t just one singular answer since there can be multiple origins working independently or collectively depending on individual cases:

Hereditary Factors

Family history plays an instrumental role because if your grandparents’ genes produced elevated level of this wretched beast, then there’s a high probability that you might be as well generationally-cursed.

Obesity

In the current era where massive interest is devoted to living with love handles simply translated; folks have developed increased food intake especially when it involves diets enriched with carbohydrates coupled with lower physical activities resulting in more sedentary lifestyles. This has been directly linked to affecting metabolism which ultimately leads to hyperuricaemia!

Alcohol and Sugars

As mentioned earlier, drinking alcohol (especially beer) or regularly consumes sugary-rich drinks, and eats foods such as red meat or seafood may also contribute to an increase in uric acid levels — Sugar/chocolate lovers brace yourselves too!!

Poor Kidney Functioning

Kidneys are essential components of our filtering system that help remove unnecessary waste from our body. If they’re not functioning optimally though, uric acids will remain present in bloodstream for longer than anticipated thus increasing their concentrations.

Treatment Options

Thankfully, all hope is not lost if you’ve ended up developing hyperuricaemia. Here are some intervention options:

  1. Medical advice – Of course we had to start here! Consult professional medical experts who would recommend multiple treatments involving drug therapy including anti-inflammatory drugs during gout flare-ups episodes like colchicine followed by NSAIDs etc..

  2. Healthy Lifestyle Eating- Incorporating a healthier diet plan with optimum protein contents plus reduced fatty substances.

3.Physical activity – Although Jimmy loved partying he realized how important physical activity was: Regular exercising can impact positively on your likelihood of having healthy clear blood flow while decreasing chances of contracting ailments alongside enhancing kidney function efficiency through improved circulation offering wider scope debris removal mechanism amongst others advantages.

Well done! You’ve made it this far into my humorous article (I’m assuming..why else leave this smiley face eh?) Hopefully,you now know what causes Hyperuricaemic symptoms generating High Uric Acids along with symptoms, causes plus treatment options depending on how serious they seem. Let’s hope from now on you make better lifestyle choices before an unwelcome guest decides to show itself to the party! Cheers ya’ll(raises a glass.. of water)

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