What to do for patients with hyperuricemia

I think that gout is not a problem, just take some painkillers and you will be fine, it does not matter if your blood uric acid level is high or not, or if it is not controlled. This is a very wrong view. Here I would like to give a few suggestions to patients with gout or hyperuricemia: 1. Under normal purine diet, fasting blood uric acid levels on two different days: men >420umol/l and women >360umol/l are called hyperuricemia.  2. Clinically, 5%-15% of patients with hyperuricemia develop gout. The age of onset of gout peaks at around 40 years old.  3. Gout attacks can be self-limiting, mostly resolving on their own within a few days or 2 weeks, but are prone to recurrence. Repeated attacks can lead to joint deformities and the formation of “gout stones”. It can also cause gouty nephropathy or urinary tract stones, eventually leading to acute or chronic renal failure.  4.Healthy diet (low purine diet), restrict smoking and alcohol, adhere to exercise and weight control, drink more than water every day, actively control blood pressure, blood sugar, lipids, etc.  5.Acute attack period: Patients should rest in bed, elevate the affected limbs, and resume activities only after 72 hours of joint pain relief. Commonly used drugs are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, colchicine, glucocorticoids.  6. Control target: blood uric acid <360umol/l (for patients with gout attack is appropriate.  In conclusion, gout is a common disease caused by abnormal purine metabolism, multi-morbidity, prone to recurrent attacks, leading to a variety of chronic complications, so be sure to go to the specialist regular diagnosis and treatment to improve the quality of life.