How long can a person with kidney disease live on dialysis

The most serious type of kidney disease is uremia. Patients with uremia can either use dialysis to keep themselves alive or undergo a kidney transplant. No matter which method is used, the treatment costs will be high. Some patients cannot find a suitable kidney source, so they have to rely on dialysis to maintain their lives. The dialysis process is also extremely painful. So how long can a patient with kidney disease survive on dialysis?

Many patients with uremia will experience anemia during the onset of the disease. Moreover, patients with uremia who develop anemia must receive relevant treatment as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause serious harm to their health. Therefore, the majority of patients with uremia must pay attention to the occurrence and treatment of anemia. How long can you live with dialysis in the late stage of kidney disease?

☆ Early symptoms of nephritis in female friends☆

1. Renal colic, pain in the renal area: Renal colic is sudden and severe pain in the renal area, which is intermittent or continuous, and may even worsen in paroxysmal episodes. Some patients may present with atypical renal colic, that is, the colic is mild or relieved quickly. Pain in the kidney area often manifests as distending pain or dull pain, which is persistent and causes a feeling of internal heaviness, and can be unilateral or bilateral pain.

2. Abnormal urine: Due to decreased renal function, patients with kidney disease may experience oliguria (urine volume less than 400 ml in 24 hours) or anuria. If you take diuretics, polyuria may occur. In addition, renal insufficiency may also lead to symptoms of increased nocturia and urinary retention. Damage to the glomeruli causes kidney disease patients to often experience symptoms such as hematuria (visible under the microscope or macroscopically), pyuria, and proteinuria. Proteinuria exceeding 3.5 g/day is an important feature of glomerular proteinuria.

3. Hypertension: Some patients with kidney disease may develop hypertension due to damage to renal blood vessels or renal parenchyma. Patients with hypertension are often accompanied by symptoms of anemia or hypoproteinemia.

4. Kidney enlargement: Kidney disease causes abnormal enlargement of the kidney, which mainly includes unilateral kidney enlargement and bilateral kidney enlargement.

5. Renal edema: Edema is the result of an increase in the volume of intercellular fluid. The result of the increase in the volume of intercellular fluid is water and sodium retention. The main reason is that kidney disease causes a decrease in glomerular filtration rate, leading to water and sodium excretion disorders, thus causing symptoms of renal edema.

How can we detect early chronic kidney disease? The editor summarizes several early signs of chronic kidney disease that are often overlooked:

1. Unexplained low back pain.

2. Excessive or insufficient urine volume. The average urine volume of a normal person is 1500 ml/day, and urinates 4 to 8 times a day. If there is no fever, heavy sweating, drinking a lot of water, etc., but the urine volume suddenly decreases or increases, you must seek medical attention immediately.

3. Nocturia. People under 60 years old generally should not have nocturia. If young people have increased nocturia, it may be an early sign of poor kidney function.

4. Eyelid or facial edema when waking up in the morning. In severe cases, edema may occur on the inner side of the ankle, lower limbs, and lumbar region. Typically, these symptoms worsen with exertion, lessen with rest, and generally subside by the afternoon.

5. There is a lot of foam in urine and it does not disappear for a long time. This indicates that the urine contains a lot of protein.

6. Changes in urine color. Normal urine is light beer color and transparent. If the urine is dark tea color, soy sauce color, etc., you should seek medical attention as soon as possible.

7. Increased blood pressure. Some people have high blood pressure for a long time and no longer feel symptoms such as dizziness and headaches. The level of blood pressure can only be determined by measuring blood pressure.