Generally speaking, drinking beer may cause elevated blood uric acid.
Uric acid is the metabolite of purine, on the one hand, the purine content of beer is relatively high, after drinking the body metabolizes the formation of uric acid is more, will cause blood uric acid elevation. On the other hand, it is currently believed that drinking beer can increase hepatic ATP decomposition to promote the formation of uric acid, and alcohol will block the secretion of uric acid from the glomerulus to reduce uric acid excretion, and ultimately cause blood uric acid elevation.
Patients with high blood uric acid or gout patients are generally not recommended to drink beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages, in addition to shrimp, crab, animal offal, oysters and other high purine content of the food will also cause the patient’s body blood uric acid further increase.
It is recommended that patients with elevated uric acid go to the endocrinology and rheumatology departments of regular hospitals for detailed consultation.