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Hint : 🍖Purines → uric acid.

Correct Answers:

  • Uric acid stones


Rationale :

🔷 Uric acid stones are strongly associated with a diet high in purines, which are found in foods such as organ meats, shellfish, and some red meats.

🔷 When purines are metabolized, they produce uric acid, and excessive amounts can increase urinary uric acid levels.

🔷 This promotes crystal formation, especially when the urine is acidic and concentrated.

🔷 Clients with gout, dehydration, or high purine intake are at increased risk for this type of calculus.

🔷 Therefore, uric acid stones are the urinary calculi most associated with a high-purine diet.

Struvite stones

🔷Struvite stones are usually associated with urinary tract infections caused by urease-producing bacteria.

🔷 They are not primarily linked to high purine intake.

Cystine stones

🔷Cystine stones occur in clients with cystinuria, a hereditary disorder affecting amino acid transport.

🔷Their cause is genetic rather than dietary purines.

Calcium oxalate stones

🔷Calcium oxalate stones are more often linked to dehydration, hypercalciuria, and high oxalate intake.

🔷They are not the stone type most specifically associated with purines.


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