Friends who are concerned about health will feel that there are too many people with high uric acid around them now. The "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of High Uric Acid and Gout in China" points out that the overall prevalence of high uric acid in China at this stage is 13.3%. To put it simply, there are now about 180 million people in China who are high in uric acid. It can be said that high uric acid has become the "fourth highest" in Chinese after hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
When it comes to high uric acid, many people will say with indifference: "Isn't it that uric acid is elevated!" It's okay, just drink less beer and eat less seafood, it's okay! ”
Dr. Zhang deliberately debunked a rumor for everyone here: uric acid is high, and it is really not a solution to drink less beer and eat less seafood. This matter needs to be well understood. #头条抗疫科普 #
First, how high is uric acid, which is high uric acid?
Hyperuric acid refers to the fact that, whether male or female, the blood uric acid level exceeds 420 μmol/l twice a day, which can be called hyperuricemia. At a glance, it is estimated that many friends in front of the mobile phone can diagnose high uric acid.
Second, high uric acid, is it possible to drink less beer and eat less seafood?
Speaking of many misconceptions about uric acid in the real world, one of the most serious consequences is that "if uric acid is high, don't worry, drink less beer, and eat less seafood." It is precisely because of this misconception that many people end up with many other hazards because of high uric acid.
It is not difficult to explain this problem clearly, and it is necessary to start from the metabolic pathway of uric acid. The source of uric acid in the human body can be divided into two parts: the uric acid produced by the high purine diet that is often mentioned accounts for about 20% of all uric acid in the human body, also known as the source of exogenous uric acid; the other way is that our body is metabolized, accounting for about 80% of the total uric acid of the human body, which is called endogenous uric acid. Speaking of this, I often see Dr. Zhang Zhiying talk about popular science friends, it is not difficult to find that uric acid and cholesterol are a bit like, cholesterol is 30% from food, 70% from liver synthesis. Uric acid, on the other hand, is 20% derived from food and 80% is synthesized from the liver.
Since only 20% of the uric acid in our body comes from food, then you just drink less beer and eat less seafood, which can only reduce uric acid by 20% at best, and may not achieve the effect of normalizing uric acid. The British authoritative medical journal BMJ has also pointed out that strict control of diet can reduce uric acid by up to 50 μmol/l.
Therefore, uric acid is high, and it is important to keep your mouth shut, but it may not be enough. So, what more needs to be done?
Third, high uric acid, in addition to paying attention to diet, what else to pay attention to?
1. Improve lifestyle
Uric acid is high, just pay attention to drink less beer and eat less seafood, which is not entirely enough. Better yet, lifestyle improvements include weight control, regular exercise, alcohol and high-purine foods, limiting high-fructose diets, encouraging dairy products and fresh vegetable intake, and drinking plenty of water. Doing these lifestyle improvements will definitely help reduce uric acid.
2. Regular treatment
If the patient's blood uric acid remains high by improving the lifestyle for 2 to 3 months, it is likely that the timely use of uric acid-lowering drugs under the guidance of a doctor is likely. Otherwise, long-term control of elevated uric acid can cause serious damage to the human body, these injuries I told you earlier, you can look at the previous article, or look at the high uric acid column course.
Therefore, for people with high uric acid, it is not enough not to drink beer and not eat seafood, and many times it is necessary to pay attention to more lifestyle improvement, and if necessary, you also need to take uric acid-lowering drugs under the guidance of a doctor. Do you understand this time? If you have friends and family with high uric acid around you, forward this article to him and benefit more people.