Kidney Failure and Vascular Disease

2015-10-15 02:03

Vascular disease is one of the most leading causes of death for kidney failure patients, and it happens on patients at end stage kidney failure very seriously. Here we will introduce relations of kidney failure and vascular disease in detail for you.

Kidney is responsible for filtering the blood to remove wastes and excessive fluids from body, keeping electrolytes in balance, regulating blood pressure and promoting production of red blood cells. And kidney gets the blood from aorta through kidney arteries. Kidney is sensitive to decline of blood flow very much. Stenosis can make kidney artery become narrow, which may make blood only flow into one kidney. In this case, high blood pressure can happen. If stenosis affects both of kidneys, kidney failure will be resulted in finally. For old people, stenosis in both kidneys is a leading cause of kidney failure.

Two leading causes of kidney artery stenosis:

1. for young people, fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), which means muscular walls of artery become thick. cholesterol-rich plaques in the artery is the cause of stenosis for old people.

2. high blood pressure can impair kidney and kidney arteries in the long term. What is worse, hypertension can put people at higher risk of developing heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney failure.

Hence, it is very important for patients with kidney failure should make blood flow get improved and lower blood pressure. In this way, vascular disease can be prevented well in life. Chinese medicine is good at promoting blood circulation, expanding blood vessels, and prevent inflammation. In this way, blood flow and hypertension can get improved very effectively.

What is more, patients with kidney failure should:

Keep a healthy and proper weight

Do some regular exercise

Stop smoking and much drinking

Mange a good daily diet

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