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What is uric acid?

Uric acid is virtually a body of toxic waste comes from the same body, and that usually formed in the liver by excessive consumption of meat, it is usually excreted in the urine, but with increasing levels can cause health disorders .
In standard tests often give results between 2.6 and 8.3 mg / dl in blood, according to the sex of the patient, but it is considered that a person suffering from hyperuricemia when it exceeds the values of 7 points, with a predisposition to disorders such as gout, gouty arthritis and related diseases.
The same appears for the failure of the body to remove uric acid waste from the body, causing it to accumulate in some joints, causing severe pain, inflammation and damage thereto, as well as bring about the flowering stone formation kidney. Read the rest of this entry »