Which are the causes of gout?

When the level of uric acid increases, due to the inability of kidney to pass it off to bladder, it starts to be accumulated in the blood in different parts of body like joints, knees, etc. This excess amount of uric acid forms tiny thin crystals in different parts of body especially in the joints, ankles, and more.

• Obesity, excessive weight gain (especially in youth),
• Moderate to heavy alcohol intake
• High blood pressure
• Unhealthy eating habit, especially junk food
• High protein-rich food
• Fructose in corn syrup found in soft drinks
• Abnormal kidney function.
• Nose or throat disease
• Heredity or genetic causes
• People who do not wear comfortable shoes and in improper way suffer from gouts. In
patients at risk of developing gout, certain conditions can precipitate acute attacks of gout.

These conditions include:
• Dehydration
• Injury to the joint
• Fever
• Recent surgery
• Certain drugs, such as thiazide diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide [Dyazide]), low-dose aspirin,
niacin, cyclosporine, tuberculosis medications (pyrazinamide and ethambutol), and others can also cause elevated uric acid levels in the blood and lead to gout.
•Certain diseases lead to excessive production of uric acid in the body. Examples of these
diseases include leukemia, lymphomas, and hemoglobin disorders.

Gout Cause: Are you a person with a risk to have gout?

Here are the main targets of the gout. If you are in these risk groups, take your precaution right now!

• Men between the ages of 30 and 50 years old (90% of cases),
• Pregnant women and women over 60 years after menopause (10% of cases),
• Genetic or family predisposition (18% of cases),
• People with high levels of uric acid,
• Obese people,
• People with excessive consumption of alcohol (mainly among drinkers of beers, due to the high concentration of purines),
• People who like eating offal, anchovies, consommés, seafood, asparagus, spinach, legumes, tripe (red kidney).
• People who regularly take a medicinal drug even at low doses (including diuretics or aspirin),
• People who suffer from psoriasis or renal failure,
• People who follow a treatment of chemotherapy or diuretics,
• People who lose weight fast or follow fasting.

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