Sentences with word «uric»

Dietary excesses, such as consuming a lot of red meat and alcohol, have long been associated with gout, a disease marked by high levels of uric acid in the blood and whose causes remain somewhat of an enigma despite centuries of investigation.

If your gout flares up repeatedly, your doctor may want you to start taking a medication that can lower the levels of uric acid in the blood.

This resulted in the production of Low Uric Acid (LUA) Dalmatians, who carry 99.8 percent the same DNA as «purebreds,» but without the renal health issues.

Fruit juices (but not whole fruit), poultry and fish increase uric acid levels within the body and may put an individual at risk for diabetes including gestational diabetes.

Gout is a particularly painful form of inflammatory arthritis, often in the large toe, as a result of excess uric acid levels in the body.

DNA analysis showed that mutations in the SLC2A9 gene were responsible for the elevated uric acid in the Dalmatians.

I have read that fasting can increase serum uric acid concentration, as a byproduct of increased cellular degradation.

Babies are born with a high blood uric acid level because of the amount they get across the placenta, and this is quickly excreted in the urine and stool.

Flare - ups can also reoccur a few months or years later, and, left untreated, gout can cause permanent damage to the joints and the kidneys, which remove uric acid from the body.

Today Yerba Mansa is known for its support of kidney function by reducing uric acid buildup and to promoting gastrointestinal and skin health.

Other rare side effects that have been reported with ketogenic therapy are increased infection risk, bruising, raised uric acid in the blood, bone fractures, pancreatitis, lipid - aspiration pneumonia, and cardiac abnormalities (1, 6, 27, 28, 29).

Dalmatians with uric acid stones may have hundreds of small stones and may also have stones actually embedded in the bladder wall.

Normally, our body produces uric acid when it breaks down purines.

Another common type of arthritis is gout, which happens when there is too much uric acid in the blood.

To test for gout, physicians use a needle to draw out joint fluid from the affected area, then they look for uric acid crystals under the microscope.

Juraschek noted that the effect of sodium on uric acid concentrations was small, but significant and quite the opposite of what the researchers expected.

Beers contains purines that are converted into uric acid crystals in the body, which can cause damage to your joints.

High purines in the fish caused uric acid which caused the heavy leg and gout.

As for non-Dalmatians in the absence of liver disease, a genetic mutation is necessary to form uric acid stones.

Catnip oil relieves the body of excess water and toxins such as uric acid by promoting urination and a small amount can keep a dog's system regular.

As an aside, birds are not able to convert uric acid to allantoin (the crystalline white material that is eliminated by birds is actually their «urine.»

If uric acid crystals are present, the doctor can confirm the diagnosis.

Detoxifies the Body Lemons stimulate the liver and can help dissolve uric acid in the body, which can sometimes build up.

Losing excess weight may help decrease uric acid levels in the body.

Magnesium carbonate then neutralizes the «strong» acids in the body, acids that can only be gotten rid of through urination, including uric acid which is the end result of protein metabolism.

When uric acid crystals settle into the joint, they trigger swelling and an intense bout of pain.

Burdock Root helps to flush uric acid from the system, thereby shortening a gout attack.

Thanks to Dr. Johnson's research, we now know that fructose generates uric acid within minutes of ingestion.

Dalmatians must excrete uric acid in their urine without this last conversion and the problem is that the stuff just is not very water soluble.

Pseudogout, which is also known as calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPD), is caused by deposits of calcium phosphate crystals (not uric acid) in the joints.

To eliminate uric acid kidney stones, drinking at least ten cups of water per day and reducing animal protein and salt intake may do the trick.

In this new study, Juraschek and his colleagues examined these data to determine whether and how each intervention affected uric acid blood concentrations.

For example, people who are overweight have more body tissue; more body tissue means more purines that need to be broken down, producing more uric acid in the process.

It helps eliminate free radicals and toxins like uric acid from the body.

The urine of Dalmatians contains uric acid rather than urea making them prone to Urolithiasis, or stones in their urinary tract.

Dalmatians are prone to developing uric acid stones.

For those with the highest baseline uric acid levels — more than 7 milligrams per deciliter — for example, the decrease was as high as 1.3 milligrams per deciliter.

But, they conclude, the new study, described in the August 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatology, could offer patients a viable way to control uric acid concentrations — and presumably gout flare - ups — through a diet already shown to have positive effects on blood pressure, a well - established risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Lemon water helps dilute uric acid and relieves pain.

By 1980, average uric acid levels had climbed into the range of 6.0 to 6.5 ml / dl and are probably much higher now.

This may be because foods rich in fiber, folate, and vitamin C appear to protect against uric acid buildup and gout.

Kidney stones manifest when certain substances in the urine, including calcium, oxalate, and sometimes uric acid, crystallize.

Genetic analysis of dogs that are a cross between pointers and Dalmatians revealed that gene to be SLC2A9, a gene that recently has been reported to be important in regulating uric acid levels in humans.

The SLC2A9 gene codes for a protein that allows the kidneys to transport uric acid from the urine.

Our goal is to feed a diet low in purines and create an alkaline urine (which is best to keep uric acid in solution).