Renal tubular disease

Speaking of kidney disease, many friends will think of various diseases such as nephritis, IGA nephropathy, uremia, etc. These are very common kidney diseases with serious harm. But do you know? In fact, there is another common kidney disease that we have overlooked, and that is renal tubular disease. Maybe many of my friends have not heard of what kind of disease renal tubular disease is. This is mainly because it is a disease that was discovered with the development of medicine.

According to the latest scientific research, 3.5% of renal failure patients are caused by renal tubular diseases. It can be seen that it is harmful. That is why we ask you to understand the relevant symptoms of the disease in detail. If you find similar symptoms of the disease, you can seek medical treatment in time.

Renal tubular diseases are a group of renal lesions characterized by specific or general tubular dysfunction. Tubulointerstitial diseases have an insidious onset, and clinical manifestations and early urine tests often show no specific changes. If not treated promptly, once renal function is affected, it often progresses to the late stage and the lesions become irreversible. For patients suspected of having tubulointerstitial lesions, nephrologists should have clear and definite diagnostic ideas.

Clinical manifestations of renal tubular disease

① Impaired renal concentrating function, manifested as polyuria, diabetes insipidus, thirst, water loss and hypoosmolar urine;

② Renal acidification dysfunction, manifested as hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, dizziness, fatigue, anorexia, nausea, and alkaline urine;

③Defective renal tubular reabsorption, manifested as low potassium, low sodium, low calcium and low magnesium. The principle of treatment is to treat the primary disease and maintain water and electrolyte balance.

Treatment of renal tubular disease

Treat the underlying disease and maintain water and electrolyte balance

Dietary treatment of renal tubular disease

Provide high-calcium diet, such as milk, shrimp, small fish and dried fruits. Drink plenty of water and eat foods high in potassium and calcium, such as winter bamboo shoots, seaweed, fried peanuts, bananas, milk, etc.

It is far from enough to just understand what renal tubular disease is. The medical community still does not have complete and detailed information on renal tubular disease, which also leads to certain difficulties in its treatment. Therefore, in order to avoid the occurrence of renal tubular diseases, please pay attention to maintaining your kidneys in normal times and do not allow diseases to take advantage of the opportunity to harm your health.