Is uremia hereditary? What is uremia?

Uremia is caused by chronic nephritis, which is a kidney disease. Uremia is not contagious or hereditary, so there is no need to worry. However, the condition of uremia is a tacit understanding of renal failure, so the occurrence of uremia means the severity of kidney disease. Uremia needs to be combined with diet therapy, which is not only helpful for the recovery of the disease, but also allows patients to slowly wait for kidney sources and receive treatment during the nursing process.

Is uremia hereditary?

First, the main cause of uremia is chronic kidney disease. Because kidney disease and nephritis gradually develop and cause uremia, generally speaking, this disease is not hereditary.

Second, uremia is the end stage of renal failure, which often develops from chronic nephritis. It is not inherited unless there is a family history of hereditary kidney disease. If not, it is not inherited.

Third, the diseases that can cause uremia are listed below: hereditary renal cystic diseases, such as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; hereditary glomerular diseases, such as hereditary nephritis; thin basement membrane nephropathy and Fabry disease; hereditary tubular diseases, such as familial vitamin D-resistant rickets; hereditary metabolic kidney diseases, such as cystine nephropathy, etc.; improperly controlled hypertension and diabetes can also cause uremia, and due to factors such as diet, there is also a certain familial inheritance.

1. The coordination of uremia diet and treatment has always been an issue that medical workers pay attention to. Although a lot of guidance has been given, many uremia patients still have no idea about uremia diet. Improper diet often leads to poor treatment of uremia patients. Uremia, also known as chronic renal failure, is clinically divided into the following stages according to the degree of renal failure: compensatory renal failure stage, azotemia stage, and uremia stage.

2. The earliest and most prominent manifestation of uremic diet is in the digestive tract, manifested as anorexia, abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, glossitis, stomatitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, etc. Uremia itself is prone to abnormal diet, so it is very important to adjust the diet of uremia properly. Patients in the azotemia and uremia stages should mainly follow a low-protein diet, and the protein should be mainly animal protein containing essential amino acids for the human body, such as milk, eggs, fish, lean meat, etc. The daily protein intake is 20 grams. This not only ensures the supply of essential amino acids for the body, but also enables the body to use non-protein nitrogen to synthesize non-essential amino acids under low protein supply, thereby reducing azotemia.

3. Food should be easy to digest and contain sufficient vitamins, especially vitamins B, C, and D. Avoid mechanical damage to the digestive tract caused by rough food, which may lead to digestive tract bleeding. For patients with good appetite during the azotemia stage, the calorie intake should not be less than 35 calories per kilogram of body weight, but in the uremia stage, it depends on the patient's appetite. If the patient has a large amount of urine and no obvious edema, there is generally no need to restrict water intake.

4. Patients with uremia are prone to dehydration and hyponatremia, especially those with long-term loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. Once it happens, replenish it in time. However, it should be noted that uremic patients have poor tolerance to water and sodium, and excessive supplementation should be avoided to avoid hypernatremia or water intoxication.

The blood potassium of patients with uremia is generally low, and hypokalemia is very likely to occur after using diuretics. At this time, you can eat more fresh fruits and potassium chloride. Patients with uremia often have low blood calcium levels. They can eat more foods high in calcium, such as fish, shrimp, meat and bone soup, etc.