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A patient is considered to be hyperuricemic if, after 5 days of an appropriate purine-free diet and without taking drugs that influence the increase in acid, he or she has blood values above
If values exceed 9 mg/dl, drug therapies are required.
Gout is the consequence of chronic hyperukaemia.
It affects a low percentage of the population (we are talking about a percentage of 0.5 %), particularly in Europe and North America.
It is a disease that has a strong genetic imprint and is only to a small extent also related to lifestyle.
Hyperuricaemia predominantly affects the male sex in the 30-50 age group.
One of the main causes of hyperuricemia is the excessive introduction of purines, the nitrogenous substances that go to make up our DNA.
They can be produced by our body’s own metabolism or derive instead from the breakdown of certain foods.
Their catabolism gives rise to uric acid which, in excess, tends to persist in the plasma.
Another cause of increased uric acid in the blood is related to its reduced elimination through the kidney system.
Certain diseases can also lead to an increase in uric acid in the blood; here are some examples:
An excess of uric acid in the blood causes it to precipitate in the joints and also in the connective tissues in the form of crystals.
In this case we also refer to the condition as gout.
The crystals can also accumulate in the kidneys, thus forming kidney stones.
The most frequent symptoms with which hyperuricaemia presents itself are:
The diagnosis of hyperukaemia clearly often occurs during control blood tests or when the patient manifests the above symptoms.
It is useful, during the examination, to look for signs of arthritis with the presence of reddening swelling and pain in the joints; usually hyperuricemia/gout attacks affect the big toe.
Medical treatment of the patient with hyperuricaemia involves:
The patient must drastically reduce the use of purine-rich foods (meat, for example), reduce alcohol intake and increase water consumption, also to preserve kidney function.
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