Kidney diseases are a fairly common problem: today they are detected in every tenth patient during examination. Mikhail Eliseev, nephrologist and general practitioner at SM-Clinic, told socialbites.ca what symptoms, including non-obvious ones, can be used to suspect kidney disease.
“Many are practically asymptomatic at the beginning, and it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis immediately without examining the patient, because their symptoms resemble those of other diseases. “The most common renal pathologies include: glomerular kidney disease, renal amyloidosis, pyelonephritis, polycystic kidney disease, paraneoplastic processes, urolithiasis,” he explained.
The doctor noticed that there were a number of non-obvious signs of kidney disease that were also characteristic of other pathologies. It is shortness of breath that occurs due to congestion in the body, especially edema. It mostly occurs during physical activity and when hydrothorax occurs at rest.
Also, according to him, such symptoms include: dry skin and itching (occurring as a result of disturbances in mineral metabolism in the body), weakness and fatigue, metallic taste in the mouth (occurring due to violation of acid-base balance in the oral cavity), poor sleep (kidney impairment). patients with damage often suffer from apnea). Among the more obvious symptoms of kidney disease, Eliseev said, is back pain in the projection of the kidneys. It can be felt on one or both sides of the spine and occurs suddenly. Irradiation to the lower abdomen and groin is possible.
According to him, another symptom is dysuria, which is called dysuria and usually manifests itself as pain, increased desire to urinate, and difficulty urinating.
“Another common symptom is a change in urine color. Therefore, white color may indicate diabetes and diabetes insipidus, acute cystitis, urethritis, acute and chronic renal failure. Dark yellow – about an increase in the concentration of bile acids; red – about hematuria due to kidney injuries, inflammatory processes, urolithiasis, paraneoplastic processes; milky white – pyuria – with pus discharge; brown – about the removal of a large amount of myoglobin; green – about serious purulent lesions of the urinary system; the color of beer is about cirrhosis, hepatitis, poisoning, cholelithiasis,” Eliseev added.
He also listed swelling in the limbs and face, which occurs due to a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate of the kidneys and causes water retention in the body, as clear signs of kidney disease.
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