High blood uric acid does not necessarily mean that the kidney is not good, high blood uric acid in addition to kidney disease, may also be high purine diet, drugs and other factors.
1. Kidney disease: patients with renal tubular disease, renal insufficiency and other renal diseases, uric acid excretion will be reduced accordingly, at this time the blood uric acid concentration level will rise.
2. High purine diet: large consumption of seafood, animal offal and broth and other foods with high purine content can lead to increased synthesis of uric acid in the patient’s body, resulting in increased blood uric acid concentration.
3. Drugs: Ethambutol, levodopa, pyrazinamide and thiazide diuretics and other drugs may interfere with renal tubular reabsorption of uric acid, resulting in uric acid excretion is impeded, the patient’s body at this time the blood uric acid will also rise.
Patients with high blood uric acid can go to the endocrinology department of regular hospitals, rheumatology and immunology department, under the guidance of doctors to identify the causes and standardize the diagnosis and treatment.