What are the early symptoms of uremia?

Uremia is a common disease in daily life and is very harmful to human health. Therefore, understanding the early symptoms of uremia and early detection and treatment are very beneficial to human health. So what are the early symptoms of uremia? In fact, there are four types. The first symptom is fatigue, headache and weakness.

1. Early symptoms of uremia

1. Fatigue, headache and weakness:

The main causes of this symptom are: damaged cell function, metabolic imbalance, long-term retention of harmful substances in the body causing neurological disease, acid-base metabolism imbalance, electrolyte disorder and renal hypertension.

2. Edema:

Edema is an early symptom that is easier to detect in patients with early uremia. In the early stage, edema mainly manifests as swelling of the eyelids and ankles. As the disease worsens, persistent or systemic edema will occur.

3. Nausea and vomiting:

The main cause of this symptom is high blood creatinine in the early stage, which causes toxins to accumulate in the body and cannot be excreted, leading to digestive tract dysfunction and poor appetite. If the disease worsens, abdominal distension, nausea, and vomiting will occur.

4. Decreased urine volume:

The main reason for this symptom is the decline in kidney filtration function. In many patients, urine volume will gradually decrease as the disease progresses.

2. How to prevent uremia

1. Drink less carbonated drinks

The main ingredients of carbonated drinks are sugar, pigments, flavors and carbonated water. Apart from calories, they contain almost no nutritional value. Foreign studies have shown that excessive consumption of carbonated beverages increases the risk of kidney stones, kidney failure and other kidney diseases.

Regardless of whether the carbonated drinks are sweetened or unsweetened, people who drink 2 or more bottles of carbonated drinks a day have a two-fold increased risk of chronic kidney disease.

2. Pay attention to kidney disease turning into uremia

Kidney disease can easily lead to uremia, so patients with kidney disease should be treated in a timely manner and antibiotics should be actively used. The incidence of uremia caused by chronic kidney disease has decreased.

However, the rate of uremia caused by primary and genetic kidney diseases such as chronic nephritis, polycystic kidney disease, and Alport syndrome is increasing. Therefore, timely treatment for kidney disease patients can reduce the occurrence of uremia.

3. Urinary tract infection should be treated promptly

Many people tend to think that urinary tract infection is a minor illness and there is no need to make a fuss about it. In fact, if urinary tract infection is not treated properly, it can cause retrograde infection of bacteria, which in turn damages the kidney units, affects the progressive decline of renal function, and leads to uremia.

According to statistics, many people are puzzled as to how urinary tract infection can lead to uremia. In my country, chronic pyelonephritis leads to 21.2% of uremia and is an important factor leading to uremia.