| How to Control High Blood Uric Acid? This is very | | | | levels. Some antihypertensive drugs, specially |
| common question and this articles will help you to | | | | chlorthiazide, may even enhance it. |
| solve this problem. | | | | How to control high blood uric acid? |
| High levels of blood uric acid may occur during the | | | | Patients are recommended to take mostly |
| course of various diseases. For example, if | | | | vegetarian food and refrain from non-vegetarian |
| kidneys are damaged even due to some other | | | | diet, because nuclear/cell protein of non-vegetarian |
| cause, say as a result of chronic infection or | | | | food add to the uric acid in the blood. Since |
| prolonged high blood pressure, or in acute cases, | | | | caffeine is also responsible for high levels of uric |
| like acute nephritis, blood uric acid levels will rise, | | | | acid, therefore, patients are advised to take a |
| because the kidneys will not be able to maintain | | | | minimum quantity, or no tea, coffee, cocoa, etc. |
| the normal levels of blood uric acid. And, in such | | | | Due to the same reason, alcohol, beer and wine |
| cases, both kidneys and high blood uric acid | | | | should also be avoided. |
| require equal attention. | | | | The patient should take a lot of water so that |
| In some other diseases also, e.g. when a person is | | | | high levels of uric acid in the blood are washed out |
| suffering from leukaemia, malignant tumours, | | | | by the kidneys. |
| polycythaemia, psoriasis, cyanotic congenital heart | | | | In short, all cases of high blood uric acid should |
| diseases, pernicious and haemolytic anaemias, | | | | stick to a vegetarian diet with an ample quantity |
| during the administration of anticancer drugs, blood | | | | of water, no alcoholic beverages, and a minimum |
| uric acid is likely to get raised as a result of | | | | intake of tea and coffee, if, at all these are taken. |
| excessive tissue breakdown. Again in such cases, | | | | In case the high levels of uric acid are not |
| care of both the primary disease and high level of | | | | controlled by the above-mentioned dietary |
| blood uric acid is required so as to save the | | | | measures, only then should the patient be put on |
| patient from additional complications due to high | | | | drugs. |
| blood uric acid. | | | | In case some underlying diseases/drugs have |
| Besides the above, blood uric acid can also rise in | | | | been detected as responsible for raising levels of |
| other diseases which may be listed as: | | | | blood uric acid in the blood, both the underlying |
| myxoedema, hypoparathyroidism and | | | | disease and the drug should be watched. The drug |
| hyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, diabetes | | | | responsible for high levels of uric acid should be |
| mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. Hence, in such | | | | discontinued. |
| disorders also, blood uric acid is required to be | | | | Ultimately, it needs to be emphasized again that |
| measured. If found elevated, it should be treated | | | | the early detection and treatment of high blood |
| simultaneously. Further, starvation and prolonged | | | | uric acid goes a long way in warding off the |
| exercise may raise levels of blood uric acid. Even | | | | serious complications resulting from high levels of |
| some drugs, especially aspirin, if taken more than | | | | uric acid, especially coronary artery disease and |
| 2 g/ day, may lead to a rise in blood uric acid | | | | stroke, which are fatal in nature. |