Hyperuricemia is a common disease and the second most metabolic disease after diabetes.
It is well known that elevated uric acid in the body is mainly caused by disorders of purine metabolism in the human body. If persistent high uric acid is not relieved and controlled, it may induce serious diseases such as gout and threaten human health.
After the uric acid is elevated, the metabolism of purines in the body is disturbed, resulting in an increase in the content of uric acid in the blood, which causes a series of problems.
Persistent hyperuricemia can cause an acute onset of gout, increasing the risk of gouty nephropathy or gouty kidney stones. Most elevated uric acid is not noticeable, but a closer look at the hands and feet may reveal the problem.
After the uric acid rises, there may be signs in the hands and feet, if you feel the need, you can remember these tips.
1. Symptoms of hands and feet after elevated uric acid
After the uric acid rises, pain in one or more parts of the joints of the hands and feet, such as knife-like or tearing pain in the heart and lungs, is often accompanied by symptoms such as redness and swelling of the nodes, local temperature increases, and skin redness and swelling, but it will disappear in a few days or so.
Although these symptoms change with uric acid values and may only occur for a period of time, if they persist and are not relieved, they are likely to cause patients to develop gout symptoms. This leads to joint deformation or joint dysfunction, resulting in severe restriction of hand and foot movement.
Second, how to reduce uric acid
1. Manage diet
Ensure the regularity of three meals a day, pay attention to nutritional balance and diversification. Stay away from foods high in purines, such as animal offal, shellfish, broth, etc., ensure that the daily purine intake does not exceed 300mg away from foods high in animal protein, fat and calories, and refuse to drink any drinks containing fructose and alcohol.
At the same time, ensuring the amount of water to drink can accelerate the excretion of uric acid in the body, thereby reducing the uric acid value in the body and helping the uric acid level in the body to return to normal levels.
2. Moderate exercise
At least 4 to 5 times a week of aerobic exercise of more than 30 minutes, such as cycling, jogging and walking, etc., need to master the intensity of exercise, so that the body does not feel tired.
Warm up before each exercise, relax after exercise, and reasonably replenish water during exercise. As soon as chest tightness, shortness of breath, joint pain or other discomfort occur during exercise, it should be stopped immediately. Do not do strenuous exercise to avoid an acute attack of gout.
3. Control weight
Avoid obesity or overweight, do not over-diet or lose weight through hunger, strictly control total daily caloric intake, supplement with carbohydrates and high-quality protein appropriately, and eat more vegetables and low-sugar fruits. Reduce the number of times you eat out, chew slowly, and eat until you are full.
4. Manage emotions
Eliminate bad emotions such as tension or anxiety in time, reasonably arrange work and rest, and relax your mood. Vent your emotions reasonably by communicating, planting flowers and plants, listening to music, or reading newspapers. At the same time, we must ensure adequate sleep and refuse to stay up late.
5. Correct medication
For some patients with hyperuricemia, in order to prevent hyperuricemia from developing into serious diseases such as gout, it is necessary to take some drugs that can inhibit uric acid production and accelerate uric acid excretion under the guidance of a doctor.
However, when taking drugs, we must follow the doctor's instructions, use the medicine correctly according to the doctor's guidance, and do not blindly take the drug.
With correct uric acid-lowering drugs, uric acid values can also quickly return to normal levels. Avoid drugs that increase uric acid, such as low-dose aspirin, fructose, and some diuretics.
Tips: Uric acid levels can be lowered through life interventions, thereby preventing hyperuricemia from turning into gout.
Each drug can bring adverse reactions to the body, so do genetic testing before taking allopurinol to avoid severe exfoliative dermatitis and even life-threatening.
During long-term medication, you should go to the hospital regularly for liver function, kidney function and blood routine examinations in order to detect adverse reactions in time.
In short, if there are some signs of hyperuricemia in the hands and feet, you need to be vigilant. It is best to do the above five things well, so that the uric acid value in the body can quickly return to normal, thereby preventing hyperuricemia from developing into serious diseases such as gout, and slowing down the harm of hyperuricemia to the body.