Gout is only a minor problem. What kind of kidney diseases can high uric acid cause?
When it comes to gout, the first thing that comes to mind is pain. How painful is it? Maybe you have never experienced pain and don’t know. For example, how painful is it for a female friend to give birth? Gout is worse than that, and it's truly heart-wrenching.
So, does gout only cause pain? No. Gout is not just superficial pain. If it is not controlled and allowed to develop, it can also cause damage to bones and internal organs.
Let’s first look at why gout always hurts peripheral joints such as the hands and feet?
If your blood uric acid is high and exceeds the saturation level, crystals will form and be precipitated. This is urate. Where does the urate go? It also wants to have a home, a warm home, but it has no chance to go on a radio date, so it can only find a relatively stable place? The joint.
If the blood vessels of the human body are compared to rivers, then uric acid is the sand in the river. We all know that sand cannot stay in the rolling water, so it can only be found in the fork of the river. Only at forks and twists and turns can sand have a chance to survive. So each joint in the human body is the "corner" in the river. The joints of the hands and feet are the "corners" with the least and slowest blood flow, and are easiest for sand to accumulate. , so this has become the warmest and most comfortable "villa" in Urate.
It’s okay if uric acid lies in the joints and sleeps at home. Everyone lives in peace and harmony. But sometimes you eat and drink excessively without realizing it, causing changes in the internal environment. Then the urate becomes restless and takes the opportunity to cause trouble. The human body's security guards, white blood cells, are not vegetarians. They will use various weapons to deal with the troublemaker urate (in medicine, this is called triggering an immune response). It doesn't matter if the security guard gets angry, but it's the joints that are unlucky. If a fire at the city gate affects the fish in the pond, the joints will start to hurt like crazy.
Secondly, let’s talk about how gout causes damage to bones
The uric acid was absorbed by the white blood cells. The security guard cleaned up the matter, and then went back to lying on his stomach. A wonderful time of peaceful coexistence has begun. This is the period between attacks of gouty arthritis.
During this period, you also returned to your original appearance, no pain or itching, just like a "good person". Then you showed off to others everywhere and started eating seafood and drinking beer again. In fact, this is just an illusion, you are not really "good".
The intermittent period of gout varies from person to person, and some may last for several years. However, if you don’t control your diet, uric acid will come out to find you. It is troublesome, the frequency will become higher and higher, and the duration of each attack will become longer and longer.
If it is just a pain, then it doesn’t matter. Who told us not to keep our mouth shut? Just endure the pain. However, in the process of repeated gout attacks, it will cause the shape of the joints and bones, The structure changes.
Due to repeated attacks, urate will be wrapped by tissue fibers and form some granulomas, which are gout nodules. They vary in size, some are like sesame seeds, and some are like eggs. These "guys" will slowly eat away at the bones at the joints, causing joint deformation.
Finally, let’s take a look at how gout damages internal organs
Urates easily form gout nodules, and after gout nodules are calcified, they form “tophus”. This kind of tophi is even more abominable. It not only settles on the joints, but also on the internal organs. At this time, it also means that your gout has reached the "middle and late stage", and it has begun to attack your body aggressively.
In the visceral system, the most favorite place for gouty nodules is the urinary system. The kidneys, ureters, and bladder are all ideal places for gouty nodules. After entering the kidneys, they can easily form kidney stones. , in its development it destroys the structural tissue of the kidneys, causing pyelonephritis and even more serious renal failure.
In addition to the tightly guarded brain, which prevents gouty nodules from entering, various tissues and organs of the human body may become its home. The reason why you don’t know it yet is that it’s just not very common. Just because it's uncommon doesn't mean it won't happen to you, remember.
In short, hyperuricemia is very stubborn, and gout is not as simple as you think? Just pain? It can not only cause pain and damage the bones of joints, but also damage people's internal organs. So when it comes to dealing with this "troublemaker", you can't take it lightly.
Even if there are no symptoms during the intermittent period, the damage caused by uric acid to the body still exists. You should strictly follow the doctor's advice, adjust your diet, and control uric acid to avoid another gout attack.