What are the symptoms of high uric acid in men?

Male friends may have their urinary system or reproductive organs malformed due to their lifestyle or eating habits. The most common one is that male friends have high uric acid in their urine. What exactly causes high uric acid in urine? Most of the reasons are attributed to eating habits, such as drinking. High uric acid is very harmful to male friends, so what are the symptoms of high uric acid in men?

High uric acid levels are divided into different stages, and there will be different manifestations at different stages.

1. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: A blood test may reveal an increase in the blood uric acid concentration, but there are no clinical symptoms such as arthritis, hyperuricemia, or kidney stones. It is generally difficult to detect unless a test is done during this period. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia can last for 10 to 20 years, and some people may not have hyperuricemia throughout their lives. Generally speaking, the higher the blood uric acid level, the greater the risk of hyperuricemia.

2. Acute hyperuricemia arthritis: It can occur in all seasons, but most often in spring and autumn. Local joint injury, overeating, excessive fatigue, cold and dampness, certain drugs, infection, and surgery can all induce acute attacks. These factors can cause the already oversaturated uric acid to form needle-shaped crystals that are deposited in the synovial fluid of the joints. The crystals are regarded as foreign by the white blood cells in the body and are swallowed up. After being swallowed up, inflammatory factors are released, causing acute attacks.

3. Gouty arthritis: The attack sites are usually the thumb joint, ankle joint, knee joint, etc. Some patients with long-term gout may have attacks in the finger joints or even the soft tissue part of the auricle. Acute gout attacks are red, swollen, hot, and severe pain. They usually occur at midnight and can wake people up from sleep. In the early stage of gout, attacks are more common in the lower limbs. Gout can also cause kidney damage.

From the above we can see that the symptoms of high uric acid are divided into stages. However, no matter what causes high uric acid, for our own health, we must go to the hospital to see a doctor for diagnosis and treatment in time, and cooperate with the doctor's method to control the uric acid in the body as soon as possible. Only in this way can we have a healthy body.