What Can Lead to Acute Exacerbation of CKD

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) always has a long process to go from its early stage to end stage. Some people may keep the disease under control for decades, which means the patients can live a normal life in some degree. However, Chronic Kidney Disease may be exacerbated quickly, and develop into Chronic Renal Failure in a short period of time if there are external factors invading the inner environment of the body.
Here are some factors which should be noticed by the patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
l Infection of bacteria and virus.
This is the most common reason of the acute exacerbation of CKD, because many kinds of ailments can not always be avoided in daily life, which includes cold, flu, pharyngitis, tracheobronchitis, and asymptomatic bacteriuria.
l Overstrain.
Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease are suggested to keep relaxed and easy so that the environment in their body can be steady. Overstrain such as strenuous exercise, hard physical labor, and sexual strain, can easily lead to acute exacerbation of CKD.
l Taking medicines of renal toxicity.
The kidneys are sensitive to some medicines, because their main functions are excreting the wastes and reabsorbing the effective elements of the body, which can be decreased by the medicines with renal toxicity. These medicines are various and should be taken under the instruction of doctors, such as gentamicin, and kanamycin.
l Acute stimulation.
This mainly refers to some emergency conditions which will overburden the body, such as acute gastrointestinal bleeding, serious gastroenteritis, nausea and vomiting, and diarrhea. CKD can develop into renal failure with the stimulation of these diseases.
l Other factors. This part includes factors such as the imbalance of fluid and electrolyte, and acid-base disorder.

Only when the patients with Chronic Kidney Disease take care of their daily life and try to avoid these factors can they do a better job in controlling the CKD in its early stage.