The number of people with high uric acid is increasing year by year, and it is being called the “fourth high” after the three highs by many people, and people are getting more and more worried that such problems have become mainstream. ”Hyperuricemia”, the name still sounds a bit strange, but the number of people suffering from the disease in China has even surpassed diabetes, up to 120 million, the prevalence rate is more than ten times than 20 years ago. Following the “three highs” of high blood sugar, high blood pressure and high blood lipids, the “fourth high” of hyperuricemia has become one of the most common diseases that endanger people’s health, and it is no longer the patent of the middle-aged and elderly, with a clear trend of the disease becoming younger. Many people mistakenly equate high uric acid with gout, but in fact, among many patients with high uric acid, only 10% of them have typical gout symptoms, and more patients neglect early intervention of the disease because they have no obvious discomfort. Similar to other “three highs”, the danger of high uric acid is very insidious. In addition to causing gout, it can also lead to a variety of chronic complications. High levels of uric acid in the blood, beyond its own solubility, can form small deposits of uric acid salts in the joint cavity, triggering an acute inflammatory response that can lead to severe joint pain. As time lengthens, if high uric acid is never effectively relieved, painful episodes will become more frequent and involve more and more joints, and may even cause stiffness and deformity of the joints. The kidneys are another area that suffers from high uric acid. Uric acid crystals are often deposited in the kidneys and urinary system, triggering various acute and chronic kidney diseases. The common clinical manifestations of patients are increased nocturia, proteinuria, hematuria, and even renal insufficiency and uremia in severe cases. Long-term blood hyperuric acid status will stimulate the blood vessel walls and promote plaque formation. Hyperuricemia thus becomes an important causative factor for angina pectoris, heart attack and stroke. Hyperuricemia greatly reduces the body’s ability to use glucose, which affects the ability of insulin to function properly and leads to a rise in blood sugar. In patients with diabetes, the combination of hyperuricemia adds to the problem and can significantly contribute to the incidence of various diabetic complications. The following can help control blood uric acid levels: 1. Drink more water. The average person should drink 8 glasses of water a day, and if blood uric acid is high, you may want to drink 10 or so glasses. Stay away from high purine animal foods, such as offal, seafood these. (Like spinach, soybeans and other plant foods containing purines can be properly ingested) 2, appropriate to do aerobic exercise. Proper aerobic exercise can promote metabolism and help uric acid excretion. And anaerobic exercise will produce a lot of lactic acid, lactic acid excretion will form competition with uric acid. Also excessive exercise and insufficient carbohydrates will lead to high uric acid, and in serious cases, sports gout.