Can Dialysis Lower High Uric Acid for People with Kidney Disease

Besides serum creatinine and Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), uric acid is another indicator of kidney damage. To lower high creatinine level and elevated BUN level, dialysis is able to help. Can dialysis lower high uric acid for people with kidney disease? If so, how long can this effect maintain?

Uric acid

Uric acid is made during the breakdown of purine, a substance found in many foods. Generally, 1/3 of uric acid is excreted by intestinal tract, while 2/3 is discharged from the body via kidney. From this analysis, we can know kidney helps keep uric acid change in a normal range (149～416μmol/L for male, 89～357μmo1/L for female). For people whose kidney is damaged seriously, they are more likely to suffer from high uric acid.

Can dialysis lower high uric acid for people with kidney disease?

In most cases, people with kidney disease won’t begin dialysis until their kidney function is less than 15%. Dialysis is a kidney replacement therapy that can help filter small molecular substances including serum creatinine, BUN, water and uric acid from the body so as to keep a relatively clear internal environment. Therefore, we can know dialysis indeed can help lower elevated uric acid level obviously and quickly.

How long can this benefit maintain?

As we know, dialysis is only a kidney replacement therapy rather than repairing damaged kidney, so between two dialysis treatments declined uric acid is more likely to raise again. Only if the kidney function is improved can declined uric acid stable longer, otherwise patients have to fall into a vicious circle. With the help of external application herbal medicine and advanced western medicine technologies, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy focuses on repairing damaged kidney tissues as many as possible. Once a part of kidney tissues are able to work again, patients’ kidney function can be improved largely. As a result, high uric acid will drop spontaneously.