Disease Description: Xanthinuria is a descriptive term for excess urinary excretion of xanthine.

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Treat Method: Xanthine stone disease affects multiple organ systems. Further kidney complications include acute and chronic kidney failure. In addition, xanthinuria often leads to Urolithiasis.The stones can be removed surgically, but the disease tends to recur. High fluid intake is the key to therapy. Dehydration is to be avoided whenever possible. Since alkalinization of the urine has little affect upon the solubility of xanthine, it adds little to the therapeutic regimen. Allopurinol, an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase enzyme, is sometimes recommended to decrease urinary uric acid excretion. Allopurinol treatment must be accompanied by a low purine diet.Foods with high purine content such as liver, kidney, bacon, veal, venison, turkey should be avoided.

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