Kidney Stones Increase Uric Acid. A total of 401 patients 196 with uric acid stone and 205 without were enrolled from our database of patients with urolithiasis. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical characteristics of uric acid stones and their potential risk for chronic kidney disease ckd.
Uric acid is formed in the body as a result of the breakdown of purines a substance found in high quantities within meat and meat products. A kidney stone is a hard mass of crystallized minerals that form in the kidneys or urinary tract. Uric acid stones are one of four major types of kidney stones which include calcium stones calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate struvite stones and cystine stones.
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Much of the preventative measures for uric acid kidney stones is the same as that for preventing the onset of gout i e. Uric acid stones occur in 10 of all kidney stones and are the second most common cause of urinary stones after calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate calculi. The most important risk factor for uric acid crystallization and stone formation is a low urine ph below 5 5 rather than an increased urinary uric acid excretion. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical characteristics of uric acid stones and their potential risk for chronic kidney disease ckd.