What is end-stage renal disease

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The old man at home is always in poor health. Originally, his kidney function is not very good. However, as he grows older, his organ function is declining, especially his kidney. He always feels sick and vomiting. The doctor says that the patient has end-stage renal disease. Next, I will tell you what is end-stage renal disease.

What is end-stage renal disease

First, end-stage renal disease refers to the end-stage of various chronic kidney diseases, similar to uremia, but with different diagnostic criteria. It is generally believed that when the filtration rate of the pellet is reduced to 15 ml / (min). 1。 73 m2). That is to say, when chronic kidney disease reaches stage 5, it will enter the stage of end-stage renal disease.

Second: there is no obvious discomfort in the early stage of end-stage renal disease, but with the progressive decline of renal function, the toxin further accumulates in the body, which can cause various symptoms of uremia, such as nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, skin pruritus, ammonia odor, edema, and a series of complications such as anemia.

Third: the emergence of the disease will cause a decline in immunity, but want to tell the patient's friends is that low immunity will induce nephritis, this is the patient's friends should be clear, the level of immunity also plays a crucial role in your body, many chronic nephritis are caused by low immunity or immune disorders.

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In fact, in general, the immunity of patients with end-stage renal disease will gradually decrease, and then there will be a lot of nausea, vomiting, edema and other symptoms. This is particularly serious, patients must actively cooperate with the doctor treatment. There is also end-stage renal disease will cause a lot of complications.