I have uric acid

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What are the causes of high uric acid?

1. Increased production of uric acid from purine
2. Food rich with purine, like liver and red meat and fish
3. Kidney disease 
4. Medications like diuretics, and certain pain killers
5. Increased alcohol intake
6. Vitamin B3 
7. Obesity
8. Psoriasis
9. Certain cancers, or chemotherapy

How to prevent and treat?

1. Avoid food rich with purine, like organ meats (such as liver), meat extracts and gravy, yeasts, and yeast extracts (such as beer, and alcoholic beverages), asparagus, spinach, beans, peas, lentils, oatmeal, cauliflower and mushrooms
2. Pain killers like Paracetamol
3. Anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen
4. Drugs for increased uric acid like Zyloric

When to see a doctor?

1. Gout (pain, redness, and swelling of the big toe)
2. Joints pain
3. Shortness of breath
4. Rash
5. Palpitaions 

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