Symptoms of renal insufficiency
Release time : 01/18/2025 18:13:27
Although renal insufficiency is a complex and difficult to treat disease, if we can detect its condition before it becomes serious, this will greatly benefit the treatment.
To promptly detect renal insufficiency, it is essential to first understand the symptoms of renal insufficiency or the early signs of renal insufficiency.
Symptoms of renal failure are complex and difficult to treat, causing physical harm to patients while also inflicting psychological burdens.
Renal failure is caused by various reasons and it can threaten people's life seriously, so it is very helpful to know some symptoms of renal failure.
The symptoms of renal failure clinically manifest as: 1. Gastrointestinal symptoms: These are the earliest and most common symptoms in uremia.
Initially, the patient may exhibit symptoms such as anorexia and abdominal discomfort. Subsequently, they may experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, glossitis, oral malodor, and oral mucosal ulceration, with some even experiencing significant upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
2. Psychosomatic and nervous system manifestations: Mental lethargy, fatigue, dizziness, headache, memory impairment, insomnia, occasional numbness of the limbs, burning pain in the hands and feet, and pruritus. In severe cases, there may be unbearable itching in the lower limbs.
In advanced stages of renal insufficiency, symptoms such as drowsiness, irritability, delusions, muscle tremors, and even convulsions, seizures, and coma may occur.
3. Cardiovascular System Manifestations: There is often a rise in blood pressure, and long-term hypertension can lead to left ventricular hypertrophy and enlargement, myocardial damage, and heart failure. Toxic substances accumulated can cause myocardial damage, leading to uremia-induced pericarditis.
4. Hematopoietic system manifestations: Renal insufficiency leads to uremia, and anemia is a common symptom in patients with uremia.
Apart from anemia, there are also bleeding problems, such as ecchymosis, nosebleeds, gum bleeding, and black stools.
5. Respiratory System Manifestations: In cases of renal insufficiency and acidosis, there is a tendency for deep and prolonged respiration.
Retention of metabolites can cause uremia-induced bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and pleuritis with corresponding clinical symptoms and signs.
6. Other manifestations: The skin loses its luster, is easily dry and flakes off, and the person appears significantly thinner.
Acute renal failure symptoms. Acute renal failure can be classified into chronic renal failure and acute renal failure according to the time of onset. Chronic renal failure develops slowly with different stages presenting different symptoms. Early stages are characterized by anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, oral ulcers, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, etc. Those who frequently experience these conditions and their severity worsens should seek medical attention.
Relatively speaking, the symptoms of acute renal failure require more attention and timely identification.
Acute renal insufficiency refers to a sudden decline in renal function, where the kidney's metabolic functions undergo rapid impairment, leading to severe accumulation of toxic substances causing renal poisoning and resulting in glomerular necrosis.
Acute renal failure is largely caused by chemical or drug-induced factors, with drug-induced renal failure occurring in individuals who regularly take chronic disease treatment medications or blindly consume nephrotoxic drugs. The symptoms of acute renal failure include: 1) Digestive system: loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, glossitis, halitosis, erosion, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
2. Cardiovascular: Presentations include hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmias, edema, pericarditis, etc.
This is the main complication and cause of death.
3. Hematopoietic system: It is caused by a decrease in erythropoietin, toxic substances and metabolic products accumulation, iron deficiency, folic acid and protein deficiency.
4. Intravenous Poisoning: Laboratory examinations may reveal decreased hemoglobin, abnormal urine tests, elevated blood urea nitrogen, and hypoalbuminemia.
It should be noted that acute renal failure is not a single, isolated disease; its onset may involve multiple organ impairments. Although there are reversible treatment factors for acute renal failure, if the treatment is incomplete, the condition can very likely persist into a chronic stage.
What are the early symptoms of renal failure? Knowing the early symptoms of renal failure can be crucial for patients in terms of timely treatment and symptomatic relief.
What are the early symptoms of renal failure? Let's take a look.
1. In the early stages, there will frequently be symptoms of anemia, hemorrhage, rectal bleeding, vomiting blood, and petechiae.
2. There will be noticeable edema, primarily involving the eyelids and ankles.
3. On the basis of nervous system, it can cause patients to feel tired, insomnia, memory decline, attention deficit, and even abnormal behaviors such as hallucinations, coma, convulsions, limb numbness, sensory loss, etc.
4. Gastrointestinal symptoms are the earliest and most common symptoms of renal insufficiency, manifesting as poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or a foul odor in the mouth due to urine.
5. Early symptoms of renal insufficiency also manifest as pallor and icterus, with urine containing urea excreted through sweat, and skin itching.
6. Renal insufficiency also exhibits reactions in the hematopoietic system, manifesting as pallor, palpitations, fatigue, dizziness, gingival bleeding, nosebleeds, petechiae, decreased immunity, increased susceptibility to infections, frequent colds, etc.
7. The early manifestations of renal insufficiency also include cardiovascular system symptoms such as severe left chest pain upon the onset of hypertension, which worsens with breathing movements.
For instance, hypotension and coronary heart disease are early symptoms of renal failure.
Can renal dysfunction be cured? Although the treatment of renal insufficiency is complex and difficult to cure, if the correct methods are used for treatment, it can also be effectively treated, gradually helping patients recover.
Methods for treating renal failure can be referenced as follows.
1. General Treatment: It is essential to identify the underlying cause of acute renal insufficiency as early as possible and take prompt measures to address it. This may include relieving urinary tract obstruction, eliminating nephrotoxic substances, and treating conditions such as nephritis.
In the compensated stage of renal insufficiency, active treatment of the primary disease should be pursued to prevent its progression to uremia.
In the stage of uremia, apart from treating the disease, it is necessary to reduce work, avoid cold exposure, dampness and overwork to prevent colds and not use drugs that can damage the kidney.
Patients who have symptoms of uremia should rest and receive treatment.
2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy There is a treatment method for kidney disease in traditional Chinese medicine known as "Cloud Fire Healing Kidney Therapy". This method can effectively repair renal function impairment and uremia, assist in repairing the glomerulus, prevent further damage to the glomerulus, and facilitate the regulation and repair of bodily metabolic waste disposal, water electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, etc.
3. In mild metabolic acidosis, correction of the disturbance in water and electrolyte balance can be achieved through this approach, and sodium bicarbonate may also be administered, with a daily dosage of 4-8 g, divided into 2-4 doses orally.
During the polyuria phase, attention should be paid to fluid replacement and electrolyte balance, including potassium and sodium, to prevent dehydration, hypokalemia, and hyponatremia.
4. Dietary therapy should have a reasonable protein intake.
The products of metabolism in the human body are mainly derived from the protein components of food, so to relieve the workload on the residual kidneys, the protein intake must be adapted to the renal excretory capacity.
*The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
If you experience discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately. For accurate diagnosis and treatment, please consult with a healthcare professional in person.