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A member asked:
Can low blood uric acid causes gout or arthritis?
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High Uric acid level: Cause gout.
Answered 4/18/2020
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Low uric: Gout will not happen with low uric acid. An acute joint attack can occur from calcium / phosphate crystals , called pseudogout.
Answered 9/20/2014
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Nope : High uric acid, not low, is associated with gout.
Answered 4/18/2020
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Not low uric acid: Gout is caused by an excess of uric acid, not low uric acid. Arthritis is a broad term for many types of joint abnormalities such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, etc. None of them are caused by low uric acid.
Answered 11/11/2020
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