Role of Uric Acid in Kdney Disease
Excess uric acid deposition in the body causes three types of kidney diseases including acute uric acid nephropathy, chronic urate nephropathy and uric acid nephrolithiasis. Factors that lead to uric acid deposition in blood include diuretic medications; alcoholism; genetic tendency; hypothyroidism; immune-suppressants; niacin; obesity; purine rich diet; and tumor lysis syndrome. Acute uric acid nephropathy: … Read more