What to look for in high uric acid

Patients with high uric acid can go to the hospital for serum uric acid, urine uric acid, urine routine, kidney function, X-ray and other auxiliary examinations.
Patients with high uric acid can first go to the hospital to check the serum uric acid and urine uric acid, both can help to understand the patient’s body uric acid level, under normal circumstances, adult male serum uric acid value should be between 150 ~ 416 μmol / L, adult female serum uric acid value should be between 89 ~ 357 μmol / L.
Uric acid in the body is mainly excreted through the kidneys with the urine, urine uric acid test can show the cause of elevated blood uric acid, decreased uric acid excretion or increased uric acid production.
Urine routine can help patients understand whether there are uric acid crystals in urine or urine PH value is acidic, etc., and kidney function test can understand whether the patient’s kidney function is damaged due to the high concentration of uric acid in the blood, X-ray, ultrasound, CT and other imaging tests can be used to assist in checking the ureteral stones, gouty arthritis and other diseases caused by high uric acid.
It is recommended that patients with high uric acid should go to the rheumatology and immunology department of regular hospitals or medical checkup clinics and other related departments for detailed consultation.