Patient/caregiver was educated on indications for low purine diet as follows:

• Gout:
  • Excess of uric acid crystallizes around multiple joints, causing arthritis, swelling and limitation of range of motion in the joints involved, and results in development of gout.
  • Limiting purine intake in the diet in gout patients can result in reduced uric acid production and consequently, lead to reduced joint inflammation and damage.
• Uric acid renal stones:
  • Excess of uric acid crystallizes in the kidneys and result in formation of uric acid stones (kind of kidney stones).
  • Formation of kidney stones can result in symptoms such as, nausea, vomiting, low-back pain, pain and burning sensation during urination, increased frequency of urination, increased risk for urinary tract infections, poor urine output due to obstruction of urine flow by the stone, cloudy or smelly urine, fever, and chills. Limiting purine intake in the diet in gout patients can result in reduced uric acid production and consequently, lead to reduced risk for renal stone formation.