Kidney Failure

Kidney disease is a disease in which kidney function has decreased until finally no longer able to work at all in terms of screening disposal of the body electrolytes, maintain fluid balance and body chemicals such as sodium and potassium in the blood or urine production.

Kidney disease can affect anyone who suffers serious illness or injury where it impacts directly on the kidney itself. Kidney disease more often dialamai those aged adults, especially in the elderly.

A. Causes of Kidney Failure

The occurrence of renal failure caused by some serious diseases that didedrita by the body which gradually affects the kidneys organ damage. As for some diseases that often affect kidney damage include:


    * High blood pressure (Hypertension)
    * Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetes Mellitus)
    * There is a blockage in the urinary tract (stones, tumors, narrowing / stricture)
    * Autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus
    * Suffering from cancer (cancer)
    * Abnormalities of the kidneys, where there has been development of many cysts on the kidneys organ itself (polycystic kidney disease)
    * Damage to the kidneys filter cells either by infection or inflammation due to the impact of high blood pressure. Medical terms is referred to as glomerulonephritis.


As for other diseases that also can cause kidney failure if not quickly addressed, among others are: Loss of a sudden a lot carian (diarrhea and vomiting, bleeding, burns), as well as other diseases such as pulmonary disease (TB), syphilis, malaria, hepatitis, preeclampsia, Drugs and amyloidosis.

Kidney disease develops slowly towards where the kidneys are getting worse at all is no longer able to work as funngsinya. In the world of medicine known two kinds of attacks to kidney failure, acute and chronic.

B. Signs and Symptoms of Kidney Failure

The signs and symptoms of kidney failure experienced by patients in acute include: Swelling of the eyes, legs, severe flank pain (colic), urinary pain, fever, urinating less, red urine / blood, frequent urination. Abnormalities of Urine: Protein, Blood / erythrocytes, White Blood Cells / leucocytes, bacteria.

While the signs and symptoms that may arise by the presence of chronic renal failure include: weakness, no energy, appetite, nausea, vomiting, swelling, decreased urination, itching, shortness of breath, pale / anemic. Abnormalities of urine: Protein, erythrocytes, leucocytes. Lab results of abnormality. Other: blood creatinine increased, decreased Hb, Urine: protein is always positive.

C. Determination of Kidney Failure Diagnosis
Ask a doctor after the patient's medical history and signs and symptoms, to determine the presence / occurrence of the failure of kidney function then He will perform a physical examination that focused on the possibility of kidney organ enlargement or swelling around the kidney. If the suspected occurrence of impaired renal function, then the patient will be consulted to a kidney specialist (nephrologist).

Further laboratory examination either blood or urine in order to see electrolyte levels of sodium and potassium / potassium. In certain cases the medical team may perform the installation of a catheter tube into the bag of urine (bladder) to remove urine. When required, the medical team will advise shooting examination of kidney structures by the method of Ultrasound, Computed tomography (CT) scans or by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. There is even a possibility of action biopsy, namely sampling (sample) kidney tissue.

D. Kidney Failure Treatment and Handling

Handling and treatment of kidney failure depends on the cause of the failure of kidney function itself. In essence, the goal of treatment is to control symptoms, minimize complications and slow the progression of the disease. For example, a patient may need a diet low intake of sodium, potassium, protein and fluids. When a known cause is the impact of other diseases, your doctor will give medicine or therapy such as administration of drugs for the treatment of hypertension, anemia, or maybe high cholesterol.

Someone who experienced failure of kidney function should be monitored very entry (intake) and expenditure (output) of fluid, so that the actions and treatment assignment can be done well. In some serious cases, patients will be advised or given blood laundering actions {Haemodialisa (dialysis)}. Another possibility is the act of a kidney transplant or kidney transplant.

E. Esophageal Precautions Kidney Disease

We are in a state of "feeling well" at least expected to do a medicine / control / laboratory. As for those who otherwise impaired Kidney, either mild or moderate expected to be cautious in consuming oabat rheumatic drugs such as drugs, certain antibiotics and treated immediately if infected, avoid the lack of fluid (vomiting), Control periodically. Hopefully this article useful to you in need, Thank you.