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A 52-year-old male asked:

What to do when your uric acid high?

4 doctor answers14 doctors weighed in
Dr. Michio Abe
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
Uric acid: Uric acid comes from purines made naturally by your body as well as from purines in your diet. Avoid foods high in purines like red meats, organ meats, canned tuna, anchovies, mackerel, sardines, herring, mussels, scallops, shrimp and lobster. Avoid alcohol. Avoid sugar. Eat more plant-based proteins and drink lots of fluids. Choose low-fat or nonfat dairy products. The goa is <6.0 for hx of gout.
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Dr. Pam Yoder
Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Look at trend also: If a lab test is abnormal, it is important to get older records to see how quickly it is changing and how abnormal is has been. That information can be obtained by a primary care doctor who can then refer a patient to providers with special expertise if needed.
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Dr. Ed Friedlander
Pathology 46 years experience
Dr. Yoder has given you good advice. However, it is not always useful to try to lower uric acid levels, since most folks (we don't know why) with this never develop gout. "Treat the person, not the lab value."
Jan 30, 2012
Dr. John Weeks
Dr. John Weeks commented
Family Medicine 47 years experience
I don't routinely check uric acid levels on patients unless there is a clinical reason to do so; often there is not much of a track record to compare at first. I strongly agree we need to individualize care and not just treat the numbers.
Jan 30, 2012
Dr. Pam Yoder
Dr. Pam Yoder commented
Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Provided original answer
Thanks for your input, doctors.
Feb 3, 2012
Dr. John Weeks
Family Medicine 47 years experience
Find out why: Uric acid can be high with conditions ranging from trying to lose weight to cancer or kidney disease. High uric acid can cause gout attacks or kidney stones. There are medications like Allopurinol which lower uric acid levels. Check with your doctor.
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Dr. Keith Klein
Nephrology and Dialysis 52 years experience
Uric acid: Depends on how high, if you have kidney stones or gout. If so, then you need to take medication. If you have a diet high in organ meats such as liver, lung, heart or brain, it is recommended to change, however the typical american diet does not contain enough purines, the precursor to uric acid, to make dietary changes worth doing. If the uric acid is over 12, treatment is indicated.
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A 26-year-old male asked:

My uric acid is very high 9.

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How do you FEEL?: This is above the top of the reference range, but not outrageously high. Most folks with somewhat high uric acid never get gout or any other troubles from it. Especially, i'd warn you against seeking to take medication to treat a high lab value. Your physician can guide you here. I.
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High uric acid: Ask your your doctor for a low purine diet. Medications like allopurinol can help. You only need to treat it if you have Gout or uric acid kidney stones
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A 38-year-old male asked:

I have high uric acid... Should i worry?

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Dr. Donald Alves
Emergency Medicine 25 years experience
Depends: Do you have gout? Does it run in your family? If both answers no, then not a lot to worry about unless crazy-high value (that's a medical term). If yes to either or both questions, then should talk to your dr, as can predispose to gout flares / make them worse.
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A 25-year-old female asked about a 25-year-old female:

Is milkfish has high content of uric acid?

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Uric acid rich: As with most fish, milkfish is rich in uric acid.
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A 45-year-old member asked:

What causes high uric acid, and how can I remediy it?

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Dr. Ronald Krauser
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Rheumatology 54 years experience
See details: There are basically 2 causes: your body makes too much uric acid or your kidneys excrete too little. There is no need to do anything about it unless there is a history of gout, kidney stones or significant kidney disease.
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