What symptom does unilateral kidney atrophy have

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Renal atrophy is a term in pathological anatomy, which is an abnormal phenomenon that is relatively small or obviously reduced according to the comparison of renal volume with human age, gender, height and weight. Long term renal disease leads to the damage of nephron, especially glomerulus, resulting in the reduction of the whole kidney volume. Glomeruli and renal tubules were partially or completely destroyed, and the kidney lost its physiological function. Therefore, renal atrophy and renal function changes are complementary. The judgment of kidney size has important clinical significance. The reduction or enlargement of the kidney can indicate the pathological changes of the kidney.

What symptom does unilateral kidney atrophy have

First: Patients with renal atrophy will have nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anemia and so on. Further deterioration will lead to uremia.

Second: Patients with renal atrophy will also face and leg swelling, skin itching symptoms, and may also be accompanied by swelling of the feet, some patients will have severe back pain, can not be sedentary for a long time. Renal atrophy is due to long-term renal problems, caused by overwork, suffering from renal atrophy, swollen legs and feet, blood pressure will increase with the aggravation of the disease. The body will gradually lose weight.

Third: Patients with renal atrophy may also have hematuria. Hematuria refers to the abnormal increase of excretion of red blood cells in urine, which is a signal of serious diseases in the urinary system. Hematuria is defined as the abnormal increase of red blood cells in urine when there are more than 3 red blood cells per high-power microscopic field in centrifuged precipitation urine, or the red blood cell count exceeds 100000 in non centrifuged urine more than 1 hour or 1 hour, or the urine sediment count exceeds 500000 in 12 hours. Mild cases only found under the microscope increased red blood cells, called microscopic hematuria; severe cases with the appearance of washing water or containing blood clots, called gross hematuria. It is usually visible to the naked eye when there is 1ml blood in every liter of urine, and the urine is red or meat washing water sample.

matters needing attention

To understand the symptoms of renal atrophy, when there are some abnormalities, we should go to the hospital for renal B-ultrasound examination to understand whether the kidney has renal atrophy, which is of great significance to the treatment of the kidney.