How much normal is single kidney function?

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Kidney is not only a voiding organ, but also an endocrine organ, which plays an important role in the whole body and kidney. It mainly excretes metabolic wastes in the body, maintains the stability of electrolytes such as sodium, potassium and calcium and the function of acid-base balance. Renal function examination is of great significance to understand whether there is kidney disease, the degree of disease, the choice of treatment, the understanding of prognosis and the study of kidney disease. So, let's take a look at how much normal single kidney function is? Let's introduce the related knowledge of the field.

How much normal is single kidney function?

First, the kidney is the "barometer" of the basic metabolism performance of the human body. Whether the indicators are normal or not is directly related to the renal function. Renal function tests included: serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, blood and urine β 2-microglobulin, urinary albumin, urinary immunoglobulin G, urinary secretory immunoglobulin A, etc. the significance of different indicators in the following examination is different.

Second: have you ever heard of friends and relatives around you who have eyelid edema in the morning, nocturia, gross hematuria and other symptoms, all of which are signals for help when the renal function is in the stage of decompensation.

Third: in addition, the most serious period of uremia, there will be systemic edema, oliguria or even no urine, gastrointestinal symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, melena or hematemesis, skin itching, dyspnea, palpitation, fatigue and other symptoms, serious life-threatening.

matters needing attention

Because the kidney has a strong reserve capacity, and the sensitivity of commonly used methods to check renal function is not enough, so the accuracy of renal function test results is poor, the renal function test results are normal, can not completely rule out renal organic damage and functional damage, should also cooperate with color Doppler ultrasound, biochemical examination to diagnose.