Kidney failure
Renal failure, or so-called end stage renal disease, is a disease caused by severe or severe impairment of one or both kidneys, where they lose the ability to do their work effectively, resulting in the body’s inability to get rid of excess waste and fluids, Leading to a significant imbalance in blood chemistry, resulting in a large number of symptoms. Kidney failure is two types: acute renal failure, chronic renal failure.
Acute renal failure
Is a drop or even a sudden and rapid stop in the function of the kidney in a short period, leading to the accumulation of fluid and waste in the body, the most important increase in the proportion of urea in the blood, and this failure in the job is dangerous and deadly if not treated with the picture and time appropriate, and the main reason is ischemia The sudden kidney for several reasons, most notably severe drought, or loss of large amounts of blood.
Symptoms of acute renal failure
The symptoms of kidney failure are many and multiple. The inability of the body to get rid of its wastes leads to a general malfunction in the body and all its parts. These symptoms may be deadly.
Causes of acute renal failure
Scientists divided the causes of renal failure into three groups:
- Pre-renal causes: Are the reasons that reduce or prevent the arrival of blood to the kidneys and these reasons:
- Kidney causes: Lies in the direct damage to the kidney and tissue, and this is produced for several reasons, including:
- Causes of renal failure: Is any disease that leads to obstruction of the urethra, and prevents him from getting out of the body, such as:
- Bladder Cancer.
- Blood clot in the urinary tract.
- Cervical cancer.
- Colon Cancer.
- Prostate enlargement.
- kidney stones.
- Damage to the nerves that feed on the nerves that control the bladder.
- Prostate Cancer.
- Obstruction in both ureters due to stones – this is very rare – or blockage of one, with a failure of the faculty functions on the other side.
- Genetic problems related to the urethra leading to obstruction.
Treatment of acute renal failure
The treatment of acute renal failure varies according to the cause, but these are some of the basic steps of treatment:
- Blood transfusion and loss of bleeding in hemoglobin.
- To compensate for lost body fluids in droughts, so that the amount of fluid needed by the body can be calculated to recover by the installation of a central catheter in the hollow vein, through which the central venous pressure is measured and then the amount of fluid required is determined accurately.
- Determine the amount of fluid entering and leaving the body and collect periodically.
- Treatment of high potassium and calcium in the blood through a combination of drugs and solutions given to the patient through the vein.
- Treatment of bacterial infections, if any, with appropriate antibiotics.
- Stop all medications that may cause kidney failure.
- Treatment of the symptoms associated with renal failure such as nausea, vomiting, antidiarrheal drugs and vomiting.
- Dialysis to get rid of body toxins.
Chronic renal failure
Chronic renal failure is a complete and permanent failure to perform renal function, making kidneys unable to dispose of body waste and accumulate in the body.
Symptoms of chronic renal failure
There are similar symptoms of chronic renal failure and acute renal failure. These symptoms include:
- High blood pressure, because the kidney is primarily responsible for regulating the pressure, as the increase in the proportion of sodium in the blood and the low output of the overload leads to high pressure.
- Fatigue and general fatigue of the patient, and his feelings of depression and psychological tension.
- Feeling sick and vomiting due to lack of eating and anorexia.
- Depression, congestion and myocardial failure.
- Swelling of the lungs, and the accumulation of fluid in them, leading to difficulty breathing.
- Myocarditis and the membrane that contains it.
- The patient feels severe itching due to accumulation of urea under the skin.
- The patient suffers from anemia in the blood; to contain blood in the body a large amount of salts, and lack of food that the patient.
Causes of Chronic Renal Failure
The causes of chronic renal failure are similar to acute renal failure, in addition to the following reasons:
Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure
Treatment ranges from drug therapy to avoiding certain foods. These include:
- Take antihypertensive drugs.
- The hormone erythropoietin, a hormone produced by the kidney, activates the bone marrow to manufacture red blood cells.
- Eat proteins and red meat, while reducing fish intake because they contain large proportions of phosphate.
- Limit the intake of canned foods and salts, because they contain high sodium content.
- Reduce fat, because increasing it increases the likelihood of atherosclerosis, high blood pressure.
- Hemodialysis.