Since close relatives in my family suffered from gout and uric acid pain, we became aware of the foods they needed to avoid like purine rich foods, and alcohol. There is always a concern that some family illnesses can be passed down to our children.
My husbands mother had many conditions as she aged and gout was one of them. With the world at our fingertips it was easy for me to do a quick bit of research to get a grasp of what this is caused from in case my family doctor wants to know.
My research basically found that small amounts of uric acid is normally found in humans and is waste produced by dying cells that release purines, your body can also absorb purines from food. When there is too much uric acid in your blood then a condition called hyperuricemia occurs.
If a person has hyperuricemia for many years usually more than 20 years then too much excess uric acid gets stored all through the person’s body and then it’s possible for the uric acid to crystallize into sodium urate. Then what can happen is that the crystals can accumulate in the persons joints which then sets them up for a painful attack of gout.
It becomes necessary for the person to lower their uric acid levels which will help to prevent getting sick from the symptoms of hyperuricemia and gout. Your doctor will work with you to help It is important to work with your physician to monitor your gout and your uric acid level.
A doctor will know that a blood test will be needed to find out the amount of serum uric acid that is present in the persons body.
Your doctor might recommend that you change some habits, or foods you eat that could exacerbate gout attacks. In some cases he may recommend medication to help you lower the uric acid levels in your body.
If a person is over weight or obese, like if your body fat is not in scale with your height, then they are up to four times more likely to get gout than someone who is of a fairly normal weight. So watching your weight is an important lifestyle change even if you don’t have gout yet.
It is important to watch your weight for other reasons as well, such as lessoning your risk of blood-pressure problems and decreases risk of heart disease. It is important to note that researchers are connecting the possibility that kidney disease, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, is being cause by the high uric levels of acid in people.

