What should I do if I have uremia? Is there really no cure?

Through word of mouth and news stories, uremia, leukemia and tumors have become serious and terminal illnesses in the public's mind. When it comes to uremia, many people think of it as incurable and hopeless. So what is the real situation? Is uremia really a "terminal illness"? Is it really irreversible?

What is uremia? Uremia is the common name for end-stage renal disease. It is not an independent disease, but a common clinical syndrome of various end-stage renal diseases. When kidney failure occurs, the kidney cannot maintain normal function, and metabolic waste and excess water in the body cannot be excreted, resulting in toxin accumulation, water retention, anemia, bone disease and other symptoms, which are called uremia.

Common symptoms of uremia >>

01: Edema, mostly occurs in the ankles, calves and hands;

02: Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, urine odor in the mouth;

03: Pale skin and lips;

04: Hypertension;

05: Tiredness, weakness, and lack of concentration;

06: Skin itching;

07: Oliguria or anuria;

08: Pericarditis, heart failure.

Is uremia unpreventable?

The most common cause of uremia is chronic glomerulonephritis, followed by diabetic nephropathy and hypertensive renal damage. Only a very small number of cases are caused by acute renal failure. Due to the hidden early symptoms of chronic kidney disease and the induction of an incorrect lifestyle, uremia is usually diagnosed at the initial visit. Therefore, timely intervention is very important. What should we do in daily life to delay the progression of chronic kidney disease to uremia?

Life Advice

01Drink more water and urinate in time. Water is the source of life. Drinking more water can keep your kidneys young and ensure effective blood perfusion to the kidneys. Timely urination can promote the excretion of metabolic products. Drinking more water and urinating more frequently can delay the deterioration of kidney function if the urine volume allows.

02 Don’t take medicine randomly. In clinical practice, patients often progress to uremia "rapidly". One of the important reasons is drug abuse. Therefore, in daily life, do not take medicine randomly. If necessary, take it under the guidance of a doctor as much as possible. At the same time, effectively controlling high blood pressure, high blood sugar and abnormal urine is the best weapon to delay the progression of kidney damage.

03 Reasonable diet mainly includes low sodium and low protein diet. Low protein diet can delay the deterioration of renal function, low sodium diet can maintain the sodium and water balance in the body and reduce the incidence of hypertension.

04 Regular physical examinations Regular physical examinations can effectively help screen whether you have kidney disease and the degree of disease progression. The content of the physical examination does not have to be very extensive. Routine blood pressure, blood routine, urine routine, liver and kidney function tests can detect clues of early kidney disease so that preventive work can be done in advance.

How to treat uremia?

Currently, there are three main treatments for uremia, namely peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis and kidney transplantation.

1. Peritoneal dialysis uses the exchange capacity of the body's natural peritoneum to remove water and toxins. It is simple, safe, and painless and can be performed at home.

2. Hemodialysis uses a hemodialysis machine to draw the patient's blood out of the body, remove excess water and toxins through the machine, and then transport the blood back into the body. Go to the hospital for treatment 2 to 3 times a week, each time for 4 to 5 hours.

3. Kidney transplantation

The patient's quality of life is highest when a healthy kidney from another person is implanted into the patient's body through surgery, but the patient needs to take anti-rejection drugs for life after surgery.

Is uremia irreversible? Incurable?

Since there are so many ways to treat kidney disease, can our kidneys return to normal after entering the uremia stage? Can uremia be cured?

cannot!

1. Irreversible outcome of kidney disease. Uremia is irreversible. Pathologically speaking, uremia patients have fibrosis and sclerosis in their kidneys, which leads to decreased renal function and the loss of effective working units, but there is a lack of treatment to revive them. Therefore, uremia is irreversible.

2. Uremia cannot be cured. Due to the limitation of medical level, uremia cannot be cured. When kidney function becomes abnormal, there is no way to stop the deterioration of kidney function. Only appropriate intervention measures can be taken to delay the deterioration of kidney function.

Therefore, in our daily life, we must develop good living habits, drink plenty of water, urinate frequently, and do not do things that are harmful to the kidneys. Only in this way can we ensure the health of our lives and the happiness of our lives.