low-purine diet

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low-purine diet,

a diet used as adjunct therapy for gout patients who suffer from a painful accumulation of salts of uric acid in the joints. Purine-rich foods are primary sources of uric acid. They include meat, poultry, fish, and particularly organ meats such as liver, kidney, and sweetbreads. Purine-rich foods are replaced in the diet by dairy products, eggs, and some vegetable sources of proteins. Low-purine diets should be a secondary source of treatment, with weight loss and adequate fluid intake being primary. Also called purine-restricted diet.

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acid-ash diet balanced diet bland diet DASH diet diabetic diet diet elemental diet elimination diet Feingold diet gluten-free diet high calorie diet high-fiber diet high-protein diet ketogenic diet liquid diet low calorie diet low fat diet low-fat diet low-fiber diet			Although a strict low-purine diet isn't necessary, think about reducing your intake of foods such as liver and other offal, fish roe, meat extracts, poultry and pulses for five days out of seven. Dr Miriam: Pain put to the acid test HEALTH FOCUS: GOUT by The Mirror (London, England) It was formerly thought that low-purine diets were effective, but with such drugs as NSAIDs to relieve the initial attacks of pain and inflammation, and allopurinol and other drugs for long-term therapy when necessary, these bland diets are of little value. Gout: no longer a rich man's affliction by Brown, Edwin W. / Medical Update			low-dose tolerance low-energy defibrillation low-fat diet low-fat milk low-fiber diet low-flow breathing system low-flow oxygen delivery system low-flow oxygen therapy low-grade low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type low-grade fever low-grade infection low-grade lymphoma low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion low-impact sport low-level language low-level waste low-lying placenta low-molecular weight heparin low-molecular-weight heparin low-osmolality contrast medium low-output gastrointestinal fistula low-output heart failure low-power field low-protein diet low-purine diet low-quality protein low-residue diet low-salt diet low-saturated-fat diet low-sodium diet Low-stretch bandage low-vision therapist low-yield procedure low1 low2 lowampi Lowchen Lowe syndrome Lowe's syndrome Lowe-Terrey-MacLachlan syndrome Lowenstein-Jensen medium lower lower airway lower back pain lower cervical spine injury Lower Esophageal Ring lower esophageal sphincter lower extremity lower extremity monitoring lower extremity suspension			Low-Pressure steam Drain Low-pressure steam engine Low-pressure Systems/Cyclonic circulation low-pressure torch low-pressure well Low-Price Strategies Low-Price Strategy low-priced low-priced Low-Probability Extreme Event Low-Probability-of-Intercept Radar low-profile low-profile low-profile Low-Profile Ball Grid Array Low-Profile Fine-Pitch Ball-Grid Array Low-Profile Gastrostomy Device Low-Profile Monofoil Balloon Low-profile motherboard Low-profile Quad Flat Package Low-Profile Switched-Beam Diversity Antenna Low-Profile Tape Ball Grid Array Low-Profile Vortex Generators Low-Profit Limited Liability Corporation Low-protein diet Low-protein diet Low-Protein High-Carbohydrate Low-protein Sunflower Meal low-purine diet Low-Q Diffractometer low-Q filter low-quality protein Low-Range Differential Pressure Low-Range Heparin Management Test Low-Range Radio Altimeter Low-Range Resolution Low-Rank Configuration Interaction low-rank graywacke low-rank metamorphism Low-Rank Self-Consistent Field low-ranking Low-Rate Convolutional Code Low-Rate Decorrelator Low-Rate Demodulator Low-Rate Encoder Low-Rate Mobile User Low-Rate Multiplexer Low-Rate Shannon Limit low-reactance grounding low-reflection film Low-relief Low-relief Low-Renin Essential Hypertension Low-Renin Renal Hypertension

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