What happens when you have high uric acid

High uric acid may affect several organs and systems of the body, leading to gouty arthritis, gouty stones, kidney lesions, etc. 1. Gouty arthritis: Increased uric acid level will lead to deposition of urate in the form of crystals in the joints, which will cause redness, swelling and pain in the joints, leading to gouty arthritis. 2. Gout stone: Elevated blood uric acid level will cause urate crystals to form yellowish-white, different-sized bulging organisms in the joints and near the joints, and this kind of organism is gout stone, which can cause chronic arthritis, and in serious cases, it will also damage the joints, leading to dysfunction of the joint activities. 3. Kidney lesions: increased uric acid will aggravate kidney metabolism, urate deposition may also lead to gouty nephropathy, patients often appear proteinuria, hypertension and other symptoms. Patients with increased uric acid levels need to go to the rheumatology and immunology departments of regular hospitals as soon as possible for treatment, long-term untreated may aggravate the condition, resulting in adverse effects.