Emergency renal failure occurs when the kidneys lose the ability to filter waste products from the blood causing toxic substances to accumulate and imbalance chemicals in the blood. Emergency renal failure is common in people being treated in hospitals, especially seriously ill people who require special care. Emergency renal failure can be fatal and requires active treatment.
1. Symptoms of severe renal failure
Emergency renal failure has the following signs and symptoms:
- The amount of urine decreases, although sometimes the amount of urine remains normal;
- Retains water, causes edema in the legs, ankles or feet;
- Shortness of breath;
- Fatigue;
- Confusion;
- Nausea;
- Debilitating;
- Irregular heartbeat;
- Chest pain or feeling heavy chest;
- Menopause or coma in severe cases
Sometimes emergency renal failure shows no signs and only happens to be detected through tests when the patient goes to the doctor due to another pathology.
2. Causes of renal failure
Severe renal failure may occur when:
- Patients with diseases that cause blood flow to move slowly to the kidneys;
- Kidney injuries;
- The ureteral canal of the kidneys is blocked and the waste cannot get out of the body when urinating.
Decreased blood flow to the kidneys
Conditions and conditions that can slow blood flow to the kidneys and lead to kidney injury include:
- Blood loss or loss of epidemics;
- Blood pressure medications;
- Heart attack;
- Heart disease;
- Infection;
- Liver failure;
- Use aspirin, ibuprofen, sodium naproxen;
- Severe allergic reactions (also known as anaphylactic shock);
- Severe burns;
- Severe dehydration;
- Kidney damage.
These conditions, conditions and agents can damage the kidneys and lead to emergency renal failure:
- Blood clots in veins and arteries in and around the kidneys;
- Cholesterol accumulates to prevent blood flow in the kidneys;
- Aphitis;
- Hemolysis hypertension syndrome has hemolysis;
- Lupus erythematous, this is an autoimodialysis immune system disorder that causes angulous inflammation;
- Some drugs, such as certain chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics and photothrhisties are used in imaging techniques;
- Sclerosis, a group of rare diseases that affect the skin and connective tissues;
- Thromboembolysis hemorrhage;
- Toxins such as heavy metals, alcohol, cocaine;
- Breakdown of muscle tissue (sysymru) leads to kidney damage caused by toxins from the process of destruction of muscle tissue;
- Breakdown of tumor cells (tumor pepper syndrome), which leads to the release of toxins that can cause kidney damage.
Obstruction of urine in the kidneys
Some diseases and conditions that prevent urine from coming out of the body can lead to an urgent kidney injury including:
- Bladder cancer;
- Blood clots in the urinary tract;
- Cervical cancer;
- Colon cancer;
- Prostate;
- Kidney stones;
- Damage to the nerves that control the bladder;
- Prostate cancer.
3. Diagnosis of renal failure
If the person has signs and symptoms that show severe renal failure, the doctor may prescribe several tests and perform procedures to confirm the diagnosis of emergency renal failure, including:
- Measure the amount of urine. Measuring a patient's urine volume in 24 hours can help doctors determine what causes kidney failure.
- Urine test. Analyze urine samples for abnormal signs of renal failure.
- Blood tests. Blood tests to measure urea and creatinine levels increase rapidly – these are two substances used to measure renal function.
- Imaging techniques. Imaging techniques such as ultrasound and computer scans can be used to help doctors observe the kidneys.
- Kidney bios. In some cases, your doctor may prescribe a kidney biopsy to find out what causes kidney failure.
4. Emergency resuscitation treatment of emergency renal failure
To handle emergency renal failure resuscitation, patients often have to stay in hospital and how long they stay in the hospital depending on the cause of emergency kidney failure and how quickly the kidneys recover.
Treatment of causes of emergency renal failure
Treatment of emergency renal failure consists in identifying the disease or initial damage to the kidneys. Treatment options depend on the cause of kidney failure.
Treatment of complications until the kidneys recover
In addition, the doctor also does treatments to prevent complications and allow the kidneys time to recover, including:
- Balance the amount of fluid in the blood. If renal failure is caused by a lack of fluid in the blood, the doctor will treat it with intravenous infusions. In other cases, renal failure is caused by too much fluid, which leads to edema in the hands and feet. In these cases, the doctor will take weeds to cause the body to increase fluid discharge.
- Blood potassium control. If the kidneys do not filter potassium as usual, the doctor may prescribe calcium, glucose or sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kionex) to prevent the accumulation of potassium in the blood. Because if too much potassium in the blood can cause arrhythmias and muscle weakness.
- If the concentration of calcium in the blood decreases too low, the doctor will perform calcium infusion.
- Dialysis to remove toxins from the blood. If toxins accumulate in the blood, the person needs temporary hemodialysis – commonly known simply as dialysis – to help remove toxins and excess fluid from the body while waiting for the kidneys to recover. Dialysis can also help remove excess potassium from the body.
Emergency renal failure is usually asymptoatic and develops very quickly. You should regularly have regular health checks to monitor whether kidney function is good or not. From there detect the disease early and treat it promptly.
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Reference source: mayoclinic.org; medicalnewstoday.com
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