According to the symptoms of the patients, they can hang up orthopedics, rheumatology, nephrology, urology or endocrinology to check blood uric acid.
1. Orthopedics or rheumatology: Patients who have experienced or are experiencing symptoms such as severe pain in joints and swelling of joints can consult rheumatology or orthopedics to check their blood uric acid if they consider the possibility of gout.
2. Nephrology or urology: patients with renal colic, hematuria, foamy urine and other symptoms do not exclude the persistence of higher than normal levels of uric acid resulting in kidney stones, impaired renal function and other renal diseases, at this time, should be registered in the Department of Nephrology or urology to check the blood uric acid.
3. Endocrinology: patients who do not have clinical symptoms such as joint pain, swelling, hematuria, foamy urine, but have a family history of hyperuricemia and gout can hang up the endocrinology department to check their blood uric acid.
Patients who need to check blood uric acid can go to the relevant departments of regular hospitals for detailed consultation according to their own conditions, and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment.