In recent years, with the increasing number of people suffering from hyperuricemia, hyperuricemia has been listed as the “fourth highest” alongside the three highs, and the problem of high uric acid has gradually attracted people’s attention.
Most people know that persistently elevated uric acid can lead to gout, but it is often overlooked that high uric acid can also cause kidney damage. According to authoritative statistics, kidney disease caused by high uric acid accounts for two-thirds of all chronic kidney diseases. Therefore, if you find that uric acid is high, you should also check your kidney function to prevent accidents.
Some people think that only the elderly get gout, is that true?
Maybe many young people think that only the elderly will have gout, and young people will have high uric acid at most. In the 20th century, it is true that most of the gout is middle-aged and elderly, but in the 21st century, this situation is basically reversed.
Data survey shows that there are more than 200 million patients with hyperuric acid in my country, and nearly 90 million people with gout, among which young people aged 18-35 account for about 60%. The main force of gout.
Many patients with high uric acid and gout still do not understand the taboos after learning that they are sick, which leads to more and more serious illnesses, and finally affects their life and work, and even cannot take care of themselves, which is life-threatening.
Doctors warn: high uric acid not only causes gout, but may also lead to the following 3 complications
< p>1. Kidney disease
Uric acid is mainly excreted through the kidneys. When the content of uric acid in the body continues to rise, a large amount of uric acid will gradually accumulate in the kidneys and deposit. The crystallization slowly forms “stones”, the most common type of kidney stones. In addition to causing kidney stones, it can also affect kidney function, and in severe cases can cause kidney failure and threaten life.
2, three highs
The reason why high uric acid is called “the fourth highest”, It is because it is a chronic metabolic disease with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia, and the four are related to each other. The high concentration of uric acid in the blood will inevitably affect the metabolism in the body. When the metabolism is seriously abnormal, the decomposition, synthesis, and discharge of many substances will be affected, which may lead to three highs.
3. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Uric acid will flow throughout the body with the blood. Accumulation in the blood vessels, thereby damaging the blood vessel wall, forming thrombus, leading to various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. One of the most common is arteriosclerosis, and once this happens in the brain and heart, it will cause cerebral infarction and abnormal cardiac function, which may lead to sudden death of patients.
I heard people say that if uric acid is high, you should eat more white radish, so can white radish reduce uric acid?
White radish is rich in nutrients and can be eaten throughout the year. For people with high uric acid, white radish contains about 7.5 mg of purine per 100g, which is a low-purine food, so patients with high uric acid and gout can eat it appropriately. However, the effect of reducing uric acid in white radish is very small, and it is helpful to reduce blood lipids.
