Symptoms of nephritis in women

We all know the importance of kidneys to our human body. Many people have been looking for ways to nourish and protect the kidneys. However, many friends often suffer from kidney diseases due to insufficient care for the kidneys, such as nephritis. The harm caused by nephritis to patients is very serious. Nephritis is prone to occur in female friends. So what are the symptoms of female nephritis?

We must understand some knowledge about the symptoms of female nephritis so that we can treat the disease in time when symptoms appear. Many female nephritis patients delay treatment due to lack of knowledge about the symptoms of female nephritis.

The physiological functions of the kidneys are mainly to excrete metabolic products and regulate the balance of water, electrolytes and acid-base to maintain the stability of the body's internal environment. Nephritis is a group of kidney diseases characterized by inflammatory changes in renal tissue structure, which can cause varying degrees of renal function impairment and can be caused by a variety of causes.

The main manifestations of nephritis are: fatigue, low back pain, poor appetite, gross hematuria, edema, hypertension, abnormal renal function, decreased urine volume (oliguria in some patients), congestive heart failure, etc. For the clinical manifestations of specific diseases, please refer to the corresponding disease entries.

Urinary tract infection: The urinary system is composed of the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. An infection in any part of it is called a urinary tract infection. Bacteria are the most common pathogens, and fungi, viruses, etc. can also cause infection. Because the female urethra is short and wide and close to the vagina and anus, pathogenic bacteria can easily enter the urethra. Patients often have increased frequency of urination. They are in a hurry to urinate when they feel the urge to urinate, and the amount of urine each time is very small. They may also have painful and burning pain when urinating. This is the so-called "frequent urination, urgent urination, and painful urination". Sometimes it is also accompanied by back pain, fever, and red urine.

Lupus nephritis: Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease that affects multiple systems and organs, almost all of which cause kidney damage, which is called lupus nephritis. The clinical symptoms of this disease are diverse and vary greatly from person to person. When the following symptoms appear, you should be vigilant and seek medical attention as soon as possible. Specifically include: malar erythema, raised discoid erythema on the face, photosensitivity, oral ulcers, joint pain, serositis (such as pleurisy or pericarditis), kidney disease (proteinuria, hematuria, cellular casts, etc.), epileptic seizures or mental symptoms, anemia or leukocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and positive autoantibodies in the serum, etc. are all symptoms of nephritis in women.

Above, we introduced the important role of kidneys in our human body. If there is a problem with our kidneys, it will cause great harm to the body, so we must know how to protect our kidneys. Above, we introduced in detail the symptoms of female nephritis. I hope the above introduction can help everyone.