A little secret hidden in the kidney
The man's symptoms worsened and accompanied by black stool, the original stomach discomfort and other gastrointestinal symptoms are all manifestations of uremia, why this patient failed to detect problems in the early stage of kidney disease. 01 what are the symptoms of kidney disease? the clinical manifestations of kidney disease are varied. There may be gastrointestinal symptoms, there may be anemia, skin itching, rash and so on, so many people do not know that kidney problems have occurred because there are no obvious symptoms. Or think that it is simple hypertension, intestinal disease and did not check the kidney problems in time, wait until the symptoms are aggravated and then go to the hospital for examination. 02 how to rule out renal hypertension Wang Xiaohui told reporters. Be sure to rule out renal hypertension, if you want to find kidney problems at an early stage: pay special attention to check the kidney function during the physical examination! Also need to check urine routine, urine micro-albumin and kidney color ultrasound.
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Zhang, a 48-year-old man, began intermittent stomach discomfort half a year ago and occasionally had symptoms such as nausea and vomiting after eating. Electronic gastroenteroscopy showed chronic gastritis. So the patient took "stomach medicine" by himself.
About 2 months ago, the man's symptoms worsened with black stool. He went to the hospital and found that the serum creatinine was as high as 1500umol/L and was diagnosed as uremia. The digestive tract symptoms such as stomach discomfort were all manifestations of uremia.
Why did the patient fail to detect the problem in the early stage of kidney disease and reached the advanced stage of uremia by the time he found it? The reporter consulted Wang Xiaohui, director of the Department of Nephrology of the Fifth Hospital of Wuhan, who carried out the related science popularization of chronic kidney disease for us.
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What are the symptoms of kidney disease
The clinical manifestations of kidney disease are various, its early symptoms are mostly atypical, or in other forms, it may be hypertension, gastrointestinal symptoms, anemia, skin itching, rash and so on.
Therefore, many people do not know that there are kidney problems because they have no obvious symptoms, or think that they do not check the kidney problems in time because of simple hypertension and intestinal diseases, and wait until the symptoms get worse before going to the hospital for examination. most of them are at an advanced stage.
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How to rule out renal hypertension
Wang Xiaohui told reporters that if hypertension is found, especially in young people under 40 years old, renal hypertension must be ruled out.
Regular medical check-ups are important:
If you want to detect kidney problems at an early stage, regular annual check-ups are very important! Pay special attention to the physical examination in addition to renal function, but also need to check urine routine, urine micro-albumin and kidney color ultrasound.
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These conditions are easy to damage the kidney.
There are 170 ~ 2.4 million nephron on both sides of human kidney.
Kidney damage is irreversible.
One nephron is bad and one is missing.
So we need to take care of our kidneys even more.
In addition to paying attention to daily work and rest,
In addition to adequate sleep and a balanced diet
The following common conditions
It can also cause kidney damage:
1. Drug-induced kidney damage:
Eating drugs and health products that damage the kidneys by yourself is not just for the elderly. With the rise of "punk" health care, young people also begin to buy a large number of health products and nutrition products on the Internet, but if they eat health products and nutrition products indiscriminately, it's bad for the kidneys.
There is also a group of people, usually minor ailments and minor pain, in order not to go to the hospital, take medicine at home, in the time and dose may be more random, this practice will also cause kidney damage.
two。 Kidney damage caused by weight loss:
"losing weight" has always been a hot word, and many Internet celebrities will share many weight loss products and ways to lose weight. for example, in "a book", many bloggers have recommended a "ketogenic diet" diet, claiming that they can lose ten pounds within a month.
A ketogenic diet is essentially a high-protein diet with no or less carbohydrates. It is true that a ketogenic diet can lead to weight loss, but in the long run, it may cause kidney damage.
Unscientific weight loss will cause kidney damage, if you want to lose weight, you can go to the third-class hospital weight loss clinic, in accordance with the doctor's advice for scientific weight loss.
3. Cosmetic kidney damage:
Some inferior whitening products will add mercury to the products in order to pursue rapid whitening effect and control cost. if such whitening products are used for a long time, it will also lead to kidney function damage.
Therefore, when we choose skin care products, we should choose regular whitening products, and pay attention to the ingredients inside, whitening products with immediate results, we should pay special attention to whether they contain harmful ingredients such as mercury.
Reporter | Zhao Yiran correspondent | Yang Shiyu
Poster & drawing | Yu Bingran
Source: Wuhan Evening News