The symptoms caused by chronic kidney disease

The kidneys are important organs in our body, which serve to excrete wastes or toxins in the blood and absorb the protein, glucose and other materials we need. In order to keep our kidneys in good condition, we should know the symptoms caused by chronic kidney disease.
Usually, too much of bubbles in the urine is one of the symptoms of chronic kidney disease. Normally, the tension on the surface of the urine is weak ,thus it is impossible to form much bubbles. However, it can be caused when there are something wrong with the kidneys. For example, a high level of urine sugar or ketone in the urine will makes the tension strong, then bubbles will be produced. So, we must pay attention to this sign .
What is more, hematuria is another symptom of the chronic kidney disease. This symptom is easy to notice. When the color of the urine changes into red, it means there are red blood cells in the urine. It is because the glomerular disease that makes the red blood cells excrete from our body. If a person unfortunately has this symptom, then he or she should have a test as soon as possible. It is truly a dangerous sign that we should pay enough attention to.
The edema is also a symptom of chronic kidney disease.The features of the nephrotic edema are as follows. Eyelid or facial edema will arise after a kidney patient get up in the morning, usually it will fade away after noon. The lower parts of our body, such as the inner ankles, legs and the lumbosacral portion ,usually have a higher possibility in getting serious edema.

Usually, patients will feel aching pain, gripping pain or persistent and dull pain in their kidney part. This kind of situation is also a sign that we should not ignore.

Treatment for High Blood Pressure in CKD

How should we treat high blood pressure in CKD? And in which way can we get the best and effective results? The patients with high blood pressure in CKD must have cared about this topic very much. Here we will make a detailed explanation for you.
Although different stages have different treatment plans, they are all for the purpose of getting better. The best results we can get after treatment include:
Control blood pressure within less than 130/80.
Make kidney disease get better.
Decrease the rate of heart disease.
If patients with high blood pressure in CKD want to achieve the above goals, they must change themselves in many aspects, such as a healthier diet, more exercising and proper medications.
Now we will describe the specific treatment for it.
The treatment of renovascular hypertension
Renovascular hypertension is always treated by surgery mostly, which is the best therapy. And patients should have a healthy life.
The treatment of renal hypertension
1. Modification of life. Have a healthy diet. In stage 1 and 2, patients should eat more food which is rich in fruits and vegetables, low in sodium and sugar. When kidney function decreases largely, patients should control the intake of things, such as protein, cholesterol, saturated fat, potassium and phosphorus. Besides, patients should take more exercise and lose weight.
2. Anti-hypertensive medications: this medicine can control blood pressure of patients within a normal range. The most commonly anti-hypertensive medications include: ACEI, ARB, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretic, etc. What is more, you must take the medicine as your doctor advises. Never take the medicine blindly by yourself.
3. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. With the effect of anti-coagulation and extending blood pressure, this therapy can reduce the force of blood against the walls of blood vessels, thus lowering hypertension. Besides, this therapy can also help reverse patients’ kidney damage and improve kidney function.
4. Therapy for CKD. Medicines for chronic kidney disease. Patients use these medicines to slow down the deterioration of kidney function, which can contribute to lowering blood pressure.

In a word, we should combine the treatment of high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease. Only in this way can we get the best and effective treatment for high blood pressure in CKD.

Causes of skin itching with CKD

Many patients with CKD always complain about skin itching. And the research shows that the more serious CKD is, the more serious skin itching is, especially in stage 4 and 5 of chronic kidney disease. Then what are the causes of skin itching? And how can we prevent and treat it? Here we will make a detailed explanation, hoping it is useful and helpful for you.
What is skin itching?
Skin itching means that there is only itching on your skin, but no primary skin lesions. And skin itching is divided into two categories as systemic and limitations according to the scope and part of itching.
What is the cause of skin itching with CKD?
Skin itching is one of clinical manifestations of chronic kidney disease. As the kidney function decreases, wastes can be gathered in the body, which makes our body in a disordered condition. And these wastes can stimulate our skin, leading to itching. Skin itching with CKD has four specific causes as following:
1 Nitrogen metabolites retention can stimulate skin, leading to itching. Sebaceous gland and Sweat glands atrophy can make skin dry, which causes skin itching.
2 Because electrolyte metabolic disorders of patients with CKD, calcium is deposited on the skin, which leads to skin itching.
3 some patients with CKD are prone to allergic reactions, which can cause skin itching.
4 Because of Uremic neuropathy
Skin itching is very common and severe in stage 4, in which CKD is serious enough to threaten the life of patients. And much Urea nitrogen builds up in the blood and causes high blood urea nitrogen level. Urea nitrogen stimulates patient’s skin, thus it causes itch itching.
What is the impact of skin itching with CKD?
When we sleep in the night, skin itching can make us feel uncomfortable, which makes us have a bad sleep. And we can’t concentrate on the thing we should do in the day. So skin itching affects our normal life and lowers the quality of our life.
How should we prevent and treat skin itching with CKD?
First of all, we should improve the condition of kidney, which is the fundamental factor. For example, we should decrease the wastes in the body, and limit intake of protein. We must try our best to treat chronic kidney disease，which is the most effective method.
Secondly, we should properly use some antipruritics under the doctor’s advice.
Besides, bath treatment is a very necessary method to relieve skin itching. The patients should soak themselves in the baking soda bath for 15-30 minutes, which can excrete your toxins in your body.

You can understand the causes of skin itching with CKD and get a whole knowledge of skin itching with CKD through the above contents. Here is our introduction for your reference and hope it can be useful. If you have any question, please contact us freely by email or phone.