Chronic kidney symptoms and ways of treatment

Everyone likes to ski, sled, bicycle or roller. Swim in the river with running water, jump into the ice hole and, at times, do not think that this entails such severe consequences as the chill kidneys. Symptoms initially can not cause strong unpleasant sensations, but if you do not pay attention to it, the consequences can be very serious.

Kidneys are paired parenchymal organs, on which the liquid part of the metabolic products of our body is deduced. But this is not their only important function, so festering kidneys are so dangerous, the symptoms of which can be very serious, because Kidneys are involved in maintaining homeostasis in the body.

More often the inflammatory process in the kidneys begins acutely and has a bacterial-infectious nature. The triggering mechanism is supercooling or weakening of immunity, so that another chronic foci in the body can provoke the disease (even carious teeth or chronic tonsillitis).

Symptoms of cold kidneys are characterized by characteristic local symptoms: pain in the lumbar region, often pulling and giving pain in the leg, as well as during the ureter, frequent and painful urination, a sharp rise in temperature to 40 ° C.

Of the general symptoms: severe weakness, apathy, nausea, chills, increased sweating. Uncharacteristic, but a frequent symptom is an ache in the body and pain in the joints. But the symptoms of chilled kidneys can be quite different. In the chronic course of inflammation, the symptomatology is blurred or not expressed. In this case, often patients complain of increased fatigue, poor performance, general weakness.

If there is no reference to acute infection in the history, only laboratory diagnostics will help to identify a chronic infection, which in its course is latent, that is, it has a latent flow, or has a recurrent character, that is, against a background of complete well-being there is an exacerbation (analogous to an acute infection). Only timely treatment of acute infection does not allow the kidneys to go into a chronic process, this is one of the serious complications, because in the future the symptomatology can also increase, which will lead to more severe consequences, for example, kidney failure.

For reliable diagnosis of the inflammatory process, a general blood and urine test is performed, as well as biochemical analysis for creatinine content, according to which the kidney function is determined. In the general analysis of blood with such a disease, the rate of erythrocyte sedimentation is increased and leukocytosis is observed, which indicates the presence of an inflammatory process in the body. In the general analysis of urine, too, leukocytes are observed, there may even be red blood cells, the number of epithelial cells increases, the relative density of urine decreases, which together reflects a violation in kidney function. In case of severe inflammation, urography is additionally prescribed.

Treatment of acute infections always implies a powerful attack with antibacterial drugs (Doxycycline, Ampicillin). A good effect is given by combination with long-acting sulfanilamides ("Sulfadimethoxin"). Nitrosfurans (Nitroxaline, 5-NOC) are also indicated. In the period of relapse treatment is aimed at prevention. In order to prevent the affected kidneys (symptoms), it is recommended to take broths and infusions of bearberry and bear ears, cranberry leaf.

Also, the topical issue is hardening of the body, treatment of chronic foci of infection, prevention of hypothermia, causing it to stagnate kidneys, and other factors that are straining the body. In the acute period, it is necessary to comply with a diet that facilitates the burden on the kidneys, while there is a restriction of consumed table salt, which has the property of retaining liquid. It is important to observe a strong drinking regime to prevent dehydration of the body.