A new study is warning about new risks for kidney transplant candidates. The risk of transplant complications and return to maintenance hemodialysis, usually called dialysis, increases significantly when gout sets in.
One study looked at 6085 transplant patients; 909 contracted
Gout is a painful form of arthritis accruing when blood uric acid levels are higher than normal. The excess uric acid forms crystals in the joints which cause pain and swelling. Medication is an option regularly taken by many patients,
When you have chronic kidney disease, preserving what little kidney function remains is of critical importance. A recent study by Tokyo Takanawa hospital’s Dr. Kenjiro Kimura followed a group of elderly CKD patients who were split into two groups, one
PLOS published a a study in which it explained that drugs which lower uric acid enhanced renal functions and decreased the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases In adult patients with chronic renal disease.
Pegloticase, allopurinol and
