What to look for in hyperuricemia

Hyperuricemia requires active treatment of underlying diseases, use of medications to lower uric acid, and dietary control. Chronic diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes may cause elevation of blood uric acid, which requires active treatment of underlying diseases, and avoiding or reducing the use of drugs that may aggravate the increase of uric acid in the course of treatment. Hyperuricemia need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take the relevant drugs to make the blood uric acid to maintain at the normal level, such as benzbromarone, allopurinol and so on. In terms of diet, patients with hyperuricemia need to control calories, avoid overeating, reduce the intake of high-purine foods such as animal offal, broth, seafood and bean sprouts, etc., and drink more than 2,000 milliliters of water per day to promote the excretion of uric acid. Patients found to be suffering from hyperuricemia need to actively control the blood uric acid level, and timely hospital consultation to prevent the occurrence of related complications.