Abstract:
Hyperuricaemia is arbitrarily defined as Serum Uric Acid greater than two standard deviation from the mean above 0.42 mmol/l in male and 0.36 mmol/l in female. It is necessary prerequisite for clinical manifestation and may be exhibited as acute and chronic gout, gouty kidney, urate urolithiasis, tophacious deposit and tinosynovitis. The term, Hyperuricaemia, was ingeniously used by Garrod while working on the pathology of gout. Although it is a relatively new term but it is not a new entity as it is clearly evident from its clinical presentation i.e. gout, which is described in classical Unani text books as Niqris in detail’. Renowned Greek physicians such as Hippocrates and Galen described the aetiopathogenesis of Niqris in various ways for example Maddae Niqris, Maddae Marz, Muzi Madda, Ajzae Arzia wa Ghariba, etc. The same was described by Razi, Ibn Sina, Azam Khan and other physicians of Tibb-e-Unani. Incidence of hyperuricaemia is highly variable among different types of cultural or social status and life style. It is recorded in 2-20% amongst the world population, while 6-18% as genetically identified disease, the occurrence of hyperuricaemia is more common than gout.
Page(s):
133-137
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Hamdard Medicus, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Year: 2006