What Makes Kidney Failure Life Threatening

2014-06-04 00:59

As we all know, kidneys have many functions. When kidney failure occurs, you will suffer from many symptoms. Though they can be controlled by medicines, your life is threatened to certain extent. What makes kidney failure life threatening?

When your kidney failure goes into the end stage, uremia comes into being. It is a condition in which the urine enters the bloodstream, instead of being eliminated from the body. With blood circulation, the toxins will be brought to every organ of yours.

Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease is one of the complications of CKD and the major cause of death for all kidney patients. According to information statistics, about 45%-60% kidney failure patients die of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease mainly results from renal hypertension, acidosis, hyperkalemia, sodium and fluid retention, anemia, toxin and so on.

Blood system disease

Chronic kidney failure patients often have renal anemia and bleeding tendency. The main reason is the deficiency of erythropoietin. In the end stage of kidney failure, there is something wrong with blood platelet. If it is very severe, there may be cerebral hemorrhage, which is life threatening.

Respiratory system disease

Respiratory system disease can also threaten your life if you can not control it well. You may suffer from shortness of breath, deep breath, pulmonary edema, etc.

Kidney failure can also affect your neuromuscular system and bone. Space limited, we can not explain them one by one.

If you would like to get rid of these life-threatening factors, you should try to improve your kidney function and protect yourself from the above disease. But just controlling the symptoms is not enough, you should repair the damaged kidneys. There are many particular medicine and therapies in our hospital which are proved very helpful. If you would like to know, please feel free to contact us.

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