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High uric acid in the blood is a condition called hyperuricemia.' Over time, this condition results in uric acid crystals being formed in the joints and connective tissue. This can happen in any of your joints, but your big toe joint is by far the most commonplace.
But, first, let's take a step back and consider what happens under healthy conditions
Uric acid is formed during the metabolising process that naturally goes on in your body. A chemical compound called purines' forms part of this process, and when it eventually breaks down it produces uric acid.
Your kidneys then process this uric acid and flush excess out of your body, retaining some relatively low levels in your blood. At these low levels uric acidmay havesome beneficial antioxidant properties.
What then gives rise to high uric acid in the blood? Generally speaking there are two reasons that this can happen; (1) the kidneys aren't working to their normal full potential, so that insufficient uric acid is being processed and expelled, and, (2) too much uric acid is being produced through the metabolizing process forthe kidneys to handle. And, I guess, you can have the situation where both were happening at the same time.
So just what are high uric acid symptoms? The only way to discover whether you have high acid levels is through blood tests arranged by your doctor. But since we know that hyperuricemia can lead to the symptoms of gout, we could say that the symptoms of high uric acid are the symptoms of gout, i.e. redness, swelling, stiffness, heat, inflammation, and excruciating pain.
Therefore, as a gout sufferer, you need to work on ways to reduce uric acid, and furthermore, to keep them at lower, healthier levels. This is very important because too many gout attacks over an extended period can cause you to have permanent joint damage, and even some kidney problems like agonizing kidney stones.
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