Symptoms of kidney deficiency and nephritis in women

Kidney deficiency is a very common problem nowadays, and it causes great trouble to the patient's body. For example, kidney deficiency can cause problems in women's bodies, often accompanied by many complications and nephritis, which is very harmful. Kidney deficiency usually manifests itself in varying degrees of infection, edema, and severe cases of nephritis can lead to abnormal urine volume, often accompanied by high blood pressure and high blood lipids.

What are the symptoms of nephritis in women?

1. There will be different degrees of infection

When nephritis occurs, it will have a close relationship with other organs, such as pharyngitis or upper respiratory tract infection. When infected with these symptoms, patients should go to the hospital for examination in time to rule out the possibility of nephritis.

2. Edema will occur in the body

Another obvious symptom of patients suffering from nephritis is edema of the body. Generally, edema occurs in the lower limbs, face, chest and abdomen. It is also accompanied by symptoms of general fatigue, lower back pain and dizziness. Blood will appear in the urine and the color of the urine will be abnormal.

3. Abnormal urine volume

When female friends suffer from nephritis, the urine volume will also be abnormal, such as increased or decreased urination frequency, especially if the frequency of urination is more than three times at night, it should be taken seriously and go to the hospital for a urine test in time to check whether there is any kidney lesion.

4. Accompanied by high blood pressure

30% of nephritis patients will have symptoms of hypertension, such as poor sleep quality, general weakness, dizziness, etc., which may affect their normal work and life in the long run. When female nephritis is severe, it may cause anemia, and the patient will have a poor complexion, dizziness and fatigue.

How is nephritis caused in women?

Nephritis refers to glomerulonephritis. There are two types of glomerulonephritis. One is caused by other diseases, such as Henoch-Schonlein purpura, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes, etc.; the other is primary glomerulonephritis, that is, there is no other disease, and the immune dysfunction directly damages the glomeruli.

The causes of nephritis in women are actually not much different from those in men. The most common cause of chronic nephritis in women is primary chronic glomerulonephritis, which is related to autoimmune dysfunction; secondly, it can be seen in systemic lupus erythematosus, allergic purpura, diabetes, etc.

For women, there are some relatively characteristic diseases that can cause nephritis, such as systemic lupus erythematosus. The probability of this disease occurring in women is relatively low, but it is relatively more common in women of childbearing age, such as those between 20 and 50 years old. Apart from this, there is not much difference in other diseases compared to men.