Uremia generally refers to stages 4 and 5 of renal failure, when the patient's kidney function has developed an irreversible degeneration.
The metabolism and detoxification functions of the kidneys are seriously impaired, causing patients to have a series of problems such as abnormal urination and edema.
And due to the decline of kidney function, a large number of metabolites and toxic substances will accumulate in the body, which will also affect some other organs in the body.
Below, let's take a closer look at it, after suffering from uremia, in addition to the kidneys, which organs will be seriously damaged, hurry up to understand it.
What organs can be damaged by uremia?
1. Gastrointestinal tract
After suffering from uremia, due to some foreign substances in the body, the substances metabolized by itself cannot be excreted, and they will accumulate excessively in the body.
These substances will make the gastric mucosa strongly stimulated, not only will make the patient appear nausea, oil aversion, appetite reduction, diarrhea and other phenomena, but also affect the health of the gastrointestinal tract, thereby inducing a series of gastrointestinal diseases.
Second, the heart
Once suffering from uremia, the excretion function of the kidneys will decrease, resulting in a large amount of water accumulated in the body that cannot be excreted.
Not only will it cause edema, but it will also cause the blood vessels to withstand too much pressure, which will cause an increase in blood pressure.
And because the water metabolism in the body is abnormal, the load on the heart will be aggravated, and heart failure is easy to occur.
3. Lungs
The lungs are the organs most susceptible to accumulation after developing uremia. Once suffering from uremia, there will be a lot of small molecule toxins in the patient's body.
These small molecule toxins can affect the blood vessels in the lungs, causing abnormal changes in lung function and structure, which can easily cause pulmonary edema or some other lung damage.
Fourth, bones
After suffering from uremia, patients will have water-electrolyte, acid-base balance disorders, which will cause hyperphosphatemia and hypocalcemia.
Then the patient's bone will be lost in large quantities, not only is it easy to have bone pain, easy fractures and other problems, it is likely to induce renal osteomalacia or renal osteosclerosis, as well as the emergence of bone diseases such as fibrocystic osteitis.
Fifth, the skin
Once suffering from uremia, the patient's skin will appear gray, as well as puffiness, pigmentation, dry skin, itching and other phenomena, this phenomenon is called uremia face.
This is due to too many toxic substances in the body and entering the skin system with blood circulation.
Sixth, muscles
After suffering from uremia, the patient's glomeruli will be destroyed in large quantities, and the metabolic substances in the body cannot be discharged in time, which will lead to excessive accumulation in the body, which is easy to cause the appearance of heart failure.
There will also be a large amount of water, which will penetrate into the muscle tissue, so that people have very obvious muscle weakness, muscle paresthesia or restless leg syndrome and other problems.
All in all, once suffering from uremia, it will not only cause serious damage to the kidneys, but also affect the patient's above 6 organs.
In addition, the endocrine system, nervous system, blood system and other systems will be affected, and even induce serious complications.
Therefore, in daily life, we must pay attention to the prevention of uremia. Once symptoms of uremia appear, you need to be admitted to the hospital for examination and receive formal treatment at the first time to maximize the maintenance of your health.