Symptoms and characteristics of hypertensive nephropathy

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Hypertensive nephropathy is really painful. My uncle has been suffering from hypertensive nephropathy for three years. After countless treatments, he is now diagnosed as incurable. He looks very pitiful. Let's share the characteristics of hypertensive nephropathy!

Symptoms and characteristics of hypertensive nephropathy

Symptom 1: severe edema: edema is the first symptom of hypertensive nephropathy, with obvious systemic edema and depression under finger pressure. Severe patients may have pleural effusion and ascites. When there are more pleural effusion and ascites, dyspnea, umbilical hernia or inguinal hernia can be caused. High edema is often accompanied by oliguria, hypertension and mild azotemia.

Symptom 2: massive proteinuria: massive proteinuria is the main manifestation of nephrotic syndrome. The daily urinary protein excretion of adults is more than or equal to 3.5g/d, and most of them are selective proteinuria.

Symptom 3: gastrointestinal symptoms. Gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting caused by hypertension, are mostly caused by hypertensive encephalopathy. The cause of the disease is severe and persistent spasm of cerebral arterioles, which leads to cerebral blood circulation disorder, brain edema and increased intracranial pressure.

matters needing attention

With the development of society, the pace of life is accelerating, and the number of patients with hypertensive nephropathy is also increasing. Many people may not know much about hypertensive nephropathy, so they can not prevent hypertension well, and find the disease in time for treatment.