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What Is The Normal Range Of Uric Acid In Urine While Taking High Protein Diet?
Hi I m 35 years old male..from the past 2 months i m on a high protein diet doing lot of exercise and lost around 15 kgs of weight..i got ,my uric acid test done.where the normal range is 3.4-7 mine is 9.1.is it normal? what is the cause of increase of uric acid
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Hi,
Measuring the uric acid in urine is done after collecting the urine of 24 hours and no special preparation is needed.
The levels of urine uric acid is considered elevated; further evaluations should be done:
- to exclude kidney stones of uric acid
- measure blood uric acid (to exclude gout)
If everything is ok,then, it might be related to high protein diet you are following.
Dr.Albana
Measuring the uric acid in urine is done after collecting the urine of 24 hours and no special preparation is needed.
The levels of urine uric acid is considered elevated; further evaluations should be done:
- to exclude kidney stones of uric acid
- measure blood uric acid (to exclude gout)
If everything is ok,then, it might be related to high protein diet you are following.
Dr.Albana
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