Kidney water stasis

Kidney water stasis's disease overview

What is

What is water stasis kidney? Water stasis (English is Hydronephrosis) is a form of lesions of the kidney manifestation in the renal expansion or swelling enlarged due to stagnant urine, clogged inside. This condition may occur only on one side of the kidney or on both sides, causing damage to cell structure and impaired renal function. These lesions can be minimized if resolved quickly, but on the contrary, if the water stasis lasts for several weeks or months, it is likely to cause more severe symptoms to become chronic water stasis kidneys (two two The kidneys are affected by kidney failure). This disease can occur at anyone, at any age.

What complications have

Water stasis can be cured, depending on the cause. Complications include urinary tract infections, high blood pressure, renal failure and dehydration.

complications of water stasis kidney disease :

Feeling abdominal distention, abdominal pain, pain starting in the back, ribs spread to the groin very uncomfortable

Nausea or vomiting, sweating

causing patients with pain to writhe and mound

In a patient who still has hypertension or reducing blood pressure, causing serious danger to the life of the patient

Causes of Kidney water stasis's disease

Causes of water retention kidneys are due to congestion at any part of the urinary tract.

For children, the congestion is usually caused by the urethra (the urethra is the urine tube from the bladder to the body), or the narrowing of the urethra (is The tubes carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder)

For adults, the cause is often associated with existing diseases such as: kidney stones (causing obstruction of the urethra), bladder reflux, prostate hypertrophy, Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, uterus, ovaries and colon." Excessive kidney.

Kidney stones are considered as one of the leading causes of kidney stasis due to: kidney stones that clog ureter. If it is a small gravel, it moves from the kidneys to the bladder easily, but if the stones are too large, it will clog the ureter causing the urine to stagnate in the rule, while the kidneys continue to filter out the urine and the ureter Clogged, unable to sway the bladder so the kidneys are stagnant, enlarged.

On the other hand, if the urethra is narrowed by inflammation, the ureter is stenosis due to the previous stones of kidney stones, it can also cause obstruction to the kidneys to stagnate. Bladder cancer, bladder stones, abnormal bladder neck also causes obstruction of the urine from the optical to the urethra, resulting in stagnant urine from the bladder, causing the kidneys to be stagnant.

If the urinary tract is on the urinary tract, the patient has tumors to compress the ureter, it is also capable of preventing the flow of urine. Therefore, diseases such as cervical cancer of prostate cancer, uterine prolapse, multiple sclerosis, pregnant women, bladder dysfunction due to brain tumors ... can be the cause of water retention In the kidney.

Symptoms of Kidney water stasis's disease

What are the symptoms of water stasis kidney?

Depending on the cause of the disease, people with water retention in the kidneys will have different symptoms:

People with kidney stones may have blood in the urine, severe pain on the back, back ribs to groin.

People with prostate cancer will have problems with urination: urinating at night and urinating.

People with colon cancer can see blood in the stool (bleeding) or change in bowel movements.

Symptoms according to the degree of disease

If the kidneys have acute water stasis, symptoms are often abdominal pain caused by kidney stones moving down the ureter rubbing pain, or stones stuck in the narrow ureter causing pain. The patient will see the pain on the side spread to the groin, accompanied by vomiting, nausea and sweating. The pain happened strongly, the pain caused the patient to writhe or roll the body from pain, when urinating urine fell into drops (not falling into streams) or urinating bleeding.

In the case of chronic water stasis, the kidneys are gradually enlarged for a long time and may have no special symptoms. If there are tumors in the pelvic or bladder, the patient may have typical symptoms of kidney failure such as exhausted fatigue, nausea and vomiting, due to disorders of substances. electrolyte Sodium, calcium, potassium patients also have arrhythmia, muscle spasms.

People at risk for Kidney water stasis's disease

Renal kidneys can occur at anyone, at any age, including children and adults. Can limit the likelihood of disease by minimizing risk factors.

The factors that increase the risk of water stasis kidney disease include:

Sex: Men are at higher risk than for women

People who are suffering from kidney stones, uterine cancer, prostate hypertrophy, ...

Women with cervical cancer or pregnant people are at high risk of water stasis.

Prevention of Kidney water stasis's disease

Renal kidneys can be prevented by careful treatment of diseases that cause kidney stasis. For example, people with kidney stones can eliminate stones gradually by drinking plenty of water daily, herbal medicine water has a benign effect, melting stones like corn beard, psyllium, metal money, thao, Scratched grass, copper chain ...

Besides, it is necessary to take measures to prevent urinary infections such as: faithful, safe sex, not having sex with prostitutes; hygiene before and after sex; Avoid bathing in the water of polluted ponds; Women pay close attention to personal hygiene: Wipe the genital area from front to back, do not wipe away from the front ... to avoid the infection of the urinary tract leading to the narrowing of the urinary tract and causing water stasis in the kidneys .

For those who have infected, to limit the complicated progression of the disease, the patient can perform serious treatment as follows:

Re -examination on time for monitoring the symptoms as well as health status.

Listen to the doctor's instructions, do not arbitrarily take the drug without being indicated or arbitrarily quit in the prescription.

Water stasis kidney is not a disease but a combined result of many different types of diseases, so the disease needs to be treated as soon as possible to avoid the kidney loss. Fast function.

Diagnostic measures for Kidney water stasis's disease

For diagnosis, doctors may request a urine test to detect blood, bacteria that cause infections or cancer cells. Use ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT) to see if the kidneys are stagnant, detect stones or not.

The levels of water retention kidneys

Renal water stasis of water level 1:

is the lightest level in all stages, due to the new level, so there is no need to take medicine or surgery but only need to monitor, ultrasound 3 months/ time. By monitoring the doctors will assess the function of the kidneys, urine analysis and the manifestation of the disease to offer appropriate treatment.

Level 2 water retention kidney disease:

Signs of water stasis kidneys have clearly shown: Radilizer is swollen up to 10-15mm. The patient suffered from ribs and hips all day, accompanied by a continuous urination (the amount of urine is 1.5-2 times higher than normal).

Level 3 water stasis kidney disease: is the stage of worse disease, the dilated glomeruli exceeds 15mm. The renal pelvis and renal radio are expanded into a large follicle, which is difficult to distinguish with the renal pelvis on the renal pelvis. Patients are often tired due to serious water accumulation, need to have an intervention to treat urgent water stasis to avoid life -threatening complications.

Level 4 water stasis kidney disease: is the most severe stage of the disease when the kidneys are damaged up to 75-90%. Patients often suffer from symptoms such as limbs, swollen face, bloody urination, this is a sign of urgent surgery.

Kidney water stasis's disease treatments

The treatment of the disease depends on the cause of the disease. The purpose of the treatment is to re -clear the free flow of urine from the kidneys to the bladder and out, reduce swelling and reduce pressure to prevent impaired renal function.

Patients need to be reduced pain and prevent urinary tract infections ..

Some effective treatments:

Treatment of male drugs of benign male drugs such as corn beard, psyllium, metal money, scratched grass, copper chain ... Going down the bladder and out, reducing swelling, reducing pressure, preventing renal impairment and rehabilitation of the kidneys.

Treatment with Western drugs: Antibiotic treatment, painkillers as directed by the doctor will help patients prevent infection and limit worse disease.

Laser treatment: For kidney stones, the shockwaves will be shot into the stones, causing stones to break many small pieces to be able to pass through the urinary tract. This method is less painful than surgery but will have to be treated many times.

Steroid treatment: Steroid is a drug that is used to prevent and limit uric acid an cancer -causing substance in stones. Depending on the case of the development of the disease, the doctor will advise the patient the appropriate steroid treatment.

Place the bladder catheter: is the method used only for people with urinary tract too narrow. If patients with urinary retention and bladder expand as a cause of water stasis, the doctor can place the bladder catheter to remove the urine temporarily, reduce the kidneys and reduce pain for the patient, thereby having time Treatment with more thorough methods such as drug use or surgery.

Surgical surgery: If in the kidneys of water stasis is in stage 3 or 4, the enlarged kidney causes pain, the patient needs to consider surgical therapy to remove, take ureteral stones , eliminating tumors that clog ureter.

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