High Uric Acid in Urine – What Does It Mean?
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High uric acid in urine can be a sign of impending gout, but it really needs to be considered along with your blood uric acid levels. To understand why, let’s revisit what actually causes your gout…
The agonizing gout, that brings your life to a standstill at times, is caused by uric acid crystals forming in your joints and connective tissue. And uric acid is actually produced during the metabolizing processes that occur in your body.
Now, one of your kidneys’ jobs is to process the acid produced, and expel excess from your body via your urine (with a little through stools). The relatively low level retained in your blood has great benefits, such as maintaining and repairing the linings of your blood vessels.
Here’s the problem though; sometimes your body just makes far too much uric acid for your kidneys to deal with, or, your kidneys can sometimes fail to work efficiently enough to handle normal uric acid production.
When this occurs higher-than-normal uric acid levels are present in your blood. This is a condition called hyperuricemia. And under this condition uric acid crystals can form, thus causing your excruciating gout symptoms.
Now, given that you were suffering from this condition and your doctor were to test both your blood and urine for uric acid, one of the the following results would ensue:-
1. High levels in both blood and urine. This tells us that it is likely that your body is producing too much for your kidneys to handle, because your kidneys seem to be processing uric acid efficiently enough.
2. High blood levels with low urine levels. This could indicate that your kidneys aren’t working efficiently and not processing uric acid quickly enough.
In both cases, crystal formation is highly likely and, of course, gout.
Throughout this website there are lots of tips on how to lower uric acid and get rid of gout. You can also get immediate download access to the top online resource called The Gout Remedy Report just by clicking here.
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