Patients with high uric acid should not eat shrimp because shrimp is a high purine food, which can cause elevated uric acid, which may lead to gouty arthritis and is also a high risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The exact cause of high uric acid is not yet very clear, and may be related to a variety of factors such as genetics, diet, and exercise. There are two main sources of high uric acid, one is excessive uric acid production and the other is impaired uric acid excretion. Therefore, there are two different treatment options for high uric acid, one is drugs that inhibit the production of uric acid, such as allopurinol and febuxostat, and the other is drugs that promote the excretion of uric acid, such as benzbromarone.