Can drug-induced kidney damage be recovered?

Many patients suffer from other diseases and do not pay attention to drug interactions when taking medicines, which causes the medicines to be too irritating to the body and damage many organs. In particular, many elderly people have low body resistance and are often prone to infectious diseases, which may lead to overdose of drugs. This leads to kidney damage. So can drug-induced kidney damage be recovered?

Can drug-induced kidney injury be cured ?

In addition to causing acute renal failure, drug-induced renal injury can also cause acute interstitial nephritis, acute nephritic syndrome, etc. If it is discovered early and treated in time, it can be reversed. Otherwise, it may progress to chronic renal failure. Severe cases require long-term dialysis treatment, causing serious harm to the patient. In addition to requiring patients not to use or abuse drugs privately, doctors must also understand the characteristics of drugs and fully recognize their nephrotoxicity and other adverse reactions to reduce the occurrence of drug-induced renal damage. Generally speaking, if treated promptly and correctly, most patients with drug-induced renal damage can recover and their renal function is expected to return to normal.

Acute kidney injury is often caused by drugs

According to the latest monitoring data, in my country, nearly 4 million people suffer from acute kidney disease every year, one in every nine adults suffers from kidney disease, and the number of patients is still rising year by year. The mortality rate after critical acute kidney injury is as high as over 60%. Currently, 20% of patients with kidney disease suffer from acute kidney injury, especially the elderly, diabetics, and hypertensive patients. The acute kidney injury caused by drugs is as high as 30%.

The key to preventing acute kidney injury is not to use drugs indiscriminately

First, change bad habits in life and strictly prohibit drug abuse, especially the abuse of antibiotics and antipyretic analgesics.

Second, be careful when taking medicines. Read the instructions carefully and understand the precautions. The elderly and children should adjust the dosage according to age and weight. If you have any questions, consult a doctor or pharmacist in time.

Third, if you have an allergic reaction to a drug, you should actively inform the treating physician when seeing a doctor to avoid severe allergic renal damage caused by re-use of the drug.

Fourth, if the patient experiences symptoms such as low back pain, abnormal urination, limb edema, and increased blood pressure during medication, these symptoms indicate possible acute kidney damage. At this time, you must consult a nephrologist in time and reduce or stop the medication if necessary to avoid further deterioration of the condition.