Symptoms of chronic nephritis, 5 signs that cannot be ignored

Chronic nephritis is a common kidney disease. Kidney disease is caused by various reasons and is also complicated to treat. Everyone should understand the symptoms of chronic nephritis. If you have edema, high blood pressure, and decreased urine volume, you should be careful about nephritis.

First, body swelling

The main areas where the disease occurs are the face, eyelids, and limbs. This is the most obvious early symptom of nephritis, and body edema will continue to occur throughout the treatment process of kidney disease. The edema of different patients may be mild or severe. The former only shows obvious edema in the cheeks and eyes in the morning, and also in the ankles during lunch break. The latter is more serious and may cause swelling all over the body. When this happens, do not delay and go to the hospital immediately for targeted diagnosis to confirm the condition as soon as possible.

Second, symptoms of hypertension

When the kidneys are diseased and cannot excrete waste products, they will produce substances that increase blood pressure. Clinically, 90% of kidney disease patients will have high blood pressure. High blood pressure will have a great impact on the kidneys. The higher the blood pressure, the greater the harm to kidney disease. Generally, the blood pressure is moderately elevated, about 180-150120-90 mmHg. This is something that our nephritis patients need to pay special attention to. Under normal circumstances, there is no direct causal relationship between nephritis and hypertension, and the two diseases do not affect each other. However, once the nephritis patient's condition worsens into renal failure or uremia, hypertension will follow and become uncontrollable.

Third, urine volume is significantly reduced

This point should also be taken seriously! Generally speaking, acute nephritis will cause a significant decrease in urine volume and the urine will be darker and deeper in color (may be accompanied by edema). A small number of patients will even experience anuria! Another more serious situation is that some nephritis patients will experience hematuria (blood in the urine, the urine is dark tea color), and this serious symptom can last for several days or even weeks.

Fourth, foam appears in the urine

This is a problem that many patients with nephritis tend to overlook and do not pay special attention to. The increase in foam in urine indicates that the urine protein has increased and the body is losing a lot of protein. The reason for protein loss is that the kidney function is damaged and cannot wash hands well. When there is an obstruction between the kidney and the urethra, a large amount of protein will leak out and become proteinuria.

Fifth, history of streptococcal infection

Follow-up urine tests 7-20 weeks after recovery from diseases such as influenza, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis, gingival abscess, scarlet fever, chickenpox, measles, skin abscesses, etc. can help detect signs of nephritis early. We may overlook this point to a large extent, so we need to pay more attention to it.