Pulmonary Edema and Kidney Failure

2014-04-03 01:56

As we know, edema is a common kidney disease for people with kidney failure, and the edema can be occurred in body parts with loose tissues like eyelids, face, ankles, and lower legs. If the edema not be treated well, it may cause pulmonary edema easily, which will cause damage to patients.

Then how does kidney failure cause pulmonary edema?

Kidneys have the function of filtering blood and remove excess fluid in body, which can help keep the whole balance of body. When kidneys fail to work well, it will cause some severe symptoms and complications. Kidney failure is a kind of kidney disease which means the gradually reduction of kidney function, and it can be caused by primary kidney disease or secondary kidney disease. When the kidneys are damaged severely, it will lose the function of discharging excess fluid in body, which will cause swelling in body. When the fluid build up in lung, it will cause pulmonary edema for kidney failure patients.

How to treat pulmonary edema for kidney failure patients?

Pulmonary is life-threatening for kidney failure patients, because it can cause shortness of breath and even heart failure. So patients need to have effective treatment to relieve their swelling, which can help make a good prognosis for kidney failure patients.

- Medicines to lower high blood pressure

Swelling is often accompanied with high blood pressure, and patients need to have effective treatment to control their high blood pressure, which can help slow down the progression of kidney failure. Hypotensive drugs such as ACEI and ARBs will be recommended to them to lower their high blood pressure.

- Diuretics

Because of the edema, patients also need to take certain diuretics which can help increase the urine output and help remove the fluid into urine. In this aspect, it can help kidney failure patients to remove their swelling.

- Repair the damaged kidney tissues and improve kidney function

As we know, the basic cause of pulmonary edema is because of the kidney damage and low kidney function, so patients need to have effective treatment to repair their kidney damage and improve their kidney function.

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