Uric Acid Test Price in Pakistan: PKR 560 at Marham Lab

A uric acid test measures how much uric acid is in your blood. Uric acid is a normal waste product your body makes when it breaks down purines, chemicals that come from your own cells as they die and from certain foods and drinks.

Normally it dissolves in your blood, your kidneys filter it out, and it leaves in your urine. MedlinePlus explains that when your body makes too much or your kidneys do not remove enough, it builds up and can form needle shaped crystals in and around your joints. That is gout.

Serum Uric Acid, Serum Urate and the Gout Test: The Same Test

If your slip says uric acid, serum uric acid, serum urate or UA, it is one test. MedlinePlus lists serum urate and UA as other names for it. Many people also call it the gout test, because gout is the reason it is most often ordered in Pakistan.

It is also one of the markers inside a renal function panel, so if your doctor has already ordered an RFT you may not need it separately. Check the slip before booking twice.

What the Test Measures

What Your Result Means

Reference ranges differ between laboratories, between testing methods and between men and women, so read the range printed on your own report rather than comparing against a number found online.

A High Result Does Not Mean You Have Gout

This is the most common misreading of this test, and it is worth being plain about.

MedlinePlus states that not everyone with high uric acid will develop gout, kidney stones or kidney failure, and that many people have high levels without having any health problems at all. A raised number is a risk signal, not a diagnosis.

Gout is usually confirmed by looking at fluid drawn from the affected joint, not by the blood level alone. Your doctor reads this result alongside your symptoms, your kidney function and your history.

Who Should Get Tested

Gout symptoms usually hit one joint at a time. The big toe is the most commonly affected, though other toes, the ankles or the knees can be involved. MedlinePlus lists the signs as intense pain, swelling, redness or warmth around the joint, and limited movement.

You may also need this test if you:

• Are having cancer treatment, since some therapies raise uric acid as they break down tumour cells
• Have a cancer that destroys cells quickly, such as leukaemia
• Have metabolic syndrome, which raises the chance of a high level
• Take a diuretic, a medicine that helps your body clear extra fluid and salt
• Have had kidney stones before, or symptoms of one now

How to Prepare

• No fasting is needed for a uric acid blood test
• Tell your doctor about every medicine you take. MedlinePlus notes that many medicines including aspirin can change your uric acid level, and so can niacin, which is vitamin B3
• Do not stop any medicine before the test without asking your doctor first
• Mention any recent alcohol, since it raises the level
• If you have had a gout attack in the last few days, tell your doctor, because levels can read lower during an attack

What Happens During the Test

• A trained phlebotomist draws a small blood sample from a vein in your arm
• The draw takes under a minute
• You may feel a brief sting and see a small bruise afterwards
• You can eat and drink normally before and after
• Your Marham Lab report is ready the same day and reaches you online

Conditions It Can Help Detect

A uric acid test supports the diagnosis of gout, helps look into kidney stones and kidney disease, and is used to watch uric acid during chemotherapy when cells are being destroyed quickly.

Diet plays a part in the number. MedlinePlus lists the main purine heavy sources as red meat and organ meats such as liver and kidney, certain seafood including shellfish, anchovies, sardines, trout and tuna, alcohol of all types, and the high fructose corn syrup found in soft drinks and sweets. That does not mean diet alone explains a high result, and it is not a reason to change what you eat without medical advice.

اردو میں

یورک ایسڈ ٹیسٹ سے خون میں یورک ایسڈ کی مقدار معلوم کی جاتی ہے۔ یورک ایسڈ ایک فضلہ ہے جو جسم پیورین نامی اجزا کو توڑنے سے بناتا ہے۔ عام حالت میں گردے اسے چھان کر پیشاب کے ذریعے نکال دیتے ہیں۔

جب جسم زیادہ بنائے یا گردے پوری طرح نہ نکال سکیں تو یہ خون میں جمع ہونے لگتا ہے اور جوڑوں میں باریک سوئی نما ذرات بنا سکتا ہے۔ اسی کو گٹھیا یا گاؤٹ کہتے ہیں۔

علامات عام طور پر ایک جوڑ میں شروع ہوتی ہیں، سب سے زیادہ پاؤں کے انگوٹھے میں۔ شدید درد، سوجن، لالی اور جوڑ کا گرم ہو جانا اس کی نشانیاں ہیں۔

ایک بات یاد رکھیں۔ یورک ایسڈ کا زیادہ ہونا ہر بار بیماری کا مطلب نہیں۔ بہت سے لوگوں میں یہ بلند رہتا ہے اور کوئی تکلیف نہیں ہوتی۔ اس لیے رپورٹ خود دیکھ کر دوا شروع نہ کریں۔

اس ٹیسٹ کے لیے فاقہ ضروری نہیں۔ مرہم لیب میں اس کی قیمت 560 روپے ہے، جو 800 روپے سے کم ہے۔ لاہور میں نمونہ گھر سے لینے کی سہولت موجود ہے اور رپورٹ اسی دن مل جاتی ہے۔

اپنی رپورٹ ہمیشہ ڈاکٹر کو دکھائیں اور ان کی ہدایت پر عمل کریں۔

Final Thoughts

If you have had a swollen, burning big toe in the night, this is the test your doctor will start with. If you are already on medicine for uric acid, it is the test used to check whether the dose is working. Either way the number on its own settles very little. Take the report to a doctor who can read it next to your symptoms and your kidney results, because a high level with no symptoms is treated very differently from a high level with a painful joint.