Causes of Kidney Disease

Kidney disease is a disease in which kidney function has decreased until finally no longer able to work at all in terms of screening disposal of the body electrolytes, maintain fluid balance and body chemicals such as sodium and potassium in the blood or urine production.


Kidney disease can affect anyone who suffers serious illness or injury where it impacts directly on the kidney itself. Renal disease is more often addressed in those aged adults, especially in the elderly.


A. Causes of Kidney Failure


The occurrence of renal failure caused by a serious illness that didedrita by the body which gradually affects the renal organ damage. As for some diseases that often affect kidney damage include:High blood pressure (Hypertension)Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetes Mellitus)Presence of urinary tract obstruction (stones, tumors, narrowing / stricture)Autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosusWith cancer (cancer)Kidney disorders, where there is the development of many cysts on the kidney itself (polycystic kidney disease)Damage to the kidneys filter cells either by infection or inflammation due to the impact of high blood pressure. Medical terms is referred to as glomerulonephritis.
As for other diseases also can cause kidney failure if not quickly addressed, among others are: Loss of a sudden a lot Searches (diarrhea and vomiting, bleeding, burns), as well as other diseases such as pulmonary disease (TB), syphilis, malaria, hepatitis, preeclampsia, Drugs and amyloidosis.
Renal disease develops slowly towards a worsening in which the kidneys no longer able to work as funngsinya. In medicine, known as 2 different types of attacks to kidney failure, acute and chronic.


B. Signs and Symptoms of Kidney Failure




The signs and symptoms of kidney failure experienced by patients in acute include: Swelling of the eyes, legs, severe low back pain (colic), urinary pain, fever, urinating less, red urine / blood, frequent urination. Abnormalities of Urine: Protein, Blood / Red blood cells, white blood cells / leucocytes, bacteria.
While the signs and symptoms that may arise by the presence of chronic renal failure include: weakness, no energy, appetite, nausea, vomiting, swelling, decreased urination, itching, shortness of breath, pale / anemic. Urinary disorders: Protein, erythrocytes, leukocytes. Lab examination abnormalities. Other: blood creatinine increased, decreased Hb, Urine: protein is always positive.


C. Determination of Kidney Failure Diagnosis


Ask a doctor after the patient's medical history and signs and symptoms, to determine the presence / occurrence of the failure of kidney function then He will perform a physical examination that focused on the possibility of kidney enlargement or swelling around the kidney. If the suspected occurrence of impaired renal function, then the patient will be consulted to a kidney specialist (Nephrologist).


Further laboratory examination of blood or urine either to see the levels of electrolytes sodium and potassium / potassium. In the particular cases the medical team may perform the installation of a catheter tube into the urine bag (bladder) to remove urine. When required, the medical team will advise shooting examination of kidney structures by the method of Ultrasound, Computed tomography (CT) scans or by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. There is even a possibility of action biopsy, the sampling (sample) of kidney tissue.


D. Kidney Failure Treatment and Handling


Handling and treatment of kidney failure depends on the cause of the failure of kidney function itself. In essence, the goal of treatment is to control the symptoms, minimizing complications and slowing progression of the disease. For example, a patient may need a diet low intake of sodium, potassium, protein and fluids. When a known cause is the impact of other diseases, your doctor will give medicine or therapy such as administration of drugs for the treatment of hypertension, anemia, or maybe high cholesterol.
Someone who experienced failure of kidney function should be monitored very entry (intake) and expenditure (output) of fluid, so that a given action and treatment can be done well. In some serious cases, patients will be advised or given blood laundering measures {Haemodialisa (dialysis)}. Another possibility is the act of a kidney transplant or kidney transplant.


E. Esophageal Precautions Kidney Disease

We are in a state of "feeling well" at least expected to do a medicine / control / laboratory. As for those who otherwise impaired Kidney, either mild or moderate expected to be careful in consuming oabat rheumatic drugs such as drugs, certain antibiotics and treated immediately if infected, avoid the lack of fluid (vomiting), Control periodically.