Post Date December, 02 2023
"Bone pain, itchy skin, elevated blood pressure, anemia... These symptoms seem difficult to associate with kidney disease. However, the latest survey shows that when the above conditions appear that do not resemble the symptoms of kidney disease, it is important to go to the hospital to check if there is a problem with your kidney. Don't take it lightly!"!
Increased blood pressure
It is well known that hypertension can harm the cardiovascular system and cause stroke, but many people do not know that hypertension is also closely related to kidney disease. High blood pressure can cause kidney disease, which can also manifest as high blood pressure.
Nearly 60% of patients with kidney disease exhibit elevated blood pressure. "However, most patients have never had a kidney related examination, and they often have tried many blood pressure lowering methods without achieving the desired results, because they do not know that the cause of the disease is actually in the kidney.".
How can kidney disease cause renal hypertension? This is first because renin - angiotensin is causing trouble. "When the kidneys or renal blood vessels undergo pathological changes, the secretion of renin angiotensin will suddenly increase, leading to systemic arteriolar spasm and increased arteriolar resistance, leading to hypertension.". Secondly, the function of excreting water and salt in the human body will be weakened or even lost after the kidney is diseased, resulting in the retention of water and sodium in the body, leading to increased blood volume and renal hypertension. In addition, patients with kidney disease often experience sympathetic nerve stimulation, which is also one of the factors leading to hypertension.
Experts remind that when hypertension is first detected, it should be checked for kidney lesions, especially among young and middle-aged people who have unexplained hypertension. It is even more important to check the kidneys to avoid delaying the condition.
Bone pain
In addition to its important functions of producing urine, maintaining the body's water balance, and expelling metabolites and toxic substances from the body, the kidney also has a major function that cannot be underestimated, namely, endocrine function. The erythropoietin secreted by the kidney can promote bone marrow hematopoiesis, and the active vitamin D produced by the kidney can regulate calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the human body to maintain the normal structure and function of bones.
This also means that once kidney disease occurs, the human bone health will also be threatened. In patients with uremia, metabolic disorders of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D in the blood can stimulate hyperparathyroidism, causing bone pain, osteoporosis, and other renal bone diseases.
Experts suggest that if middle-aged and elderly people experience unexplained fractures or often feel low back pain, bone pain, or osteoporosis, and no abnormalities are found through orthopedic examinations, it is important to check their kidneys.
Anemia
Ms. Zhang has been suffering from anemia for many years, and has taken various drugs and even tried many proven formulas, but none of them have worked. In the past six months, her face has become increasingly pale, and she often feels soft under her feet. She can easily feel flustered, short of breath, and dizzy. After careful examination, the expert's diagnosis surprised Ms. Zhang's family. Her kidney disease has entered the middle and late stages, and the anemia that has not healed for many years is actually caused by chronic renal failure.
Anemia is actually a common clinical symptom. Many diseases can manifest as anemia, but few people think of kidney disease.
In fact, kidney disease can easily lead to anemia in the late stages (such as chronic renal failure) and is quite stubborn. This is mainly due to the severe destruction of the renal parenchyma, the reduction of erythropoietic factors in the kidney, and the accelerated destruction of red blood cells. In addition to anemia, patients may also experience nosebleed, hematuria, hemoptysis, and hematochezia, which can easily be misdiagnosed as a blood disease.
Pruritus of skin
More than half a year ago, Ms. Wu discovered that her entire body suddenly had many small rashes on her skin, which made her itch unbearable. Especially at night, it is necessary to scratch the skin to feel slightly comfortable.
She went to the dermatology department many times, and the doctor said she had urticaria and prescribed some topical and oral medication. However, with both "internal and external" approaches, itching has not improved, but has become increasingly serious. Experienced experts advised Ms. Wu to check her renal function, but it turned out to be renal failure, commonly known as "uremia.".
It turns out that skin itching lasting for more than half a year is not a simple skin disease, but a manifestation of kidney disease that has entered its advanced stage, with urinary toxins spreading throughout the body and stimulating the skin.
Ms. Wu's situation is not unique. Renal lesions often occur without pain or itching at the beginning, and patients do not have significant feelings. In addition, some kidney diseases progress slowly, making them more likely to be ignored. Once complications occur, they often reach the mid to late stage.
Spiders and clues require more vigilance
Skin itching, anemia, and bone pain are often manifestations of kidney disease entering the mid to late stages. In order to detect and treat as soon as possible, in addition to regular urine routine and renal function tests, careful observation should also be conducted in daily life. Once the following clues are found, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination in a timely manner, and ask an experienced doctor for diagnosis.
Urine foam Carefully observe the morning urine, and the foam appearing in the urine of healthy people will disappear in a short time. But the foam caused by proteinuria in patients with kidney disease will not disappear.
Changes in urine color Sudden darkening or redness of urine color should be a cause for alarm, especially if urine color turns red after respiratory or intestinal infections, it may be a manifestation of IgA nephropathy.
Edema Healthy people may also have mild eyelid edema after waking up, but it will slowly subside before long. "In people with kidney lesions, the eyelids will always be swollen, and some people may even show generalized edema and sudden weight gain. Pressing on the lower limbs with your fingers can cause depressions, and the swelling is not easy to subside.".
Kidney disease often has no symptoms or symptoms that are extremely inconspicuous and cannot attract people's attention. However, once there are obvious signs of kidney disease, it is likely that it has progressed to an advanced stage, even with renal failure or uremia. Therefore, it is very necessary to regularly go to the hospital for routine urine examination, so as to achieve early detection and treatment, so as not to delay the condition.
