May 11 local time
The research team at Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States announced that RiChard Slayman, the world's first transgenic pig kidney transplant patient, died less than two months after surgery at the age of 62.
According to Professor Chen Zhonghua, chief consultant of the Organ Transplantation Institute of Tongji Hospital and Tongji Hospital Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, he learned from the American research team that operated on the patient that the patient died of a heart attack on May 6, according to China Science News. The cause of death is not directly related to graft function. Previously, the research team estimated that the patient would live for at least two years.
Although the ending is deeply regrettable, more than 50 days of life were not easy to come by, and I believe that this power of passionate desire for life will continue to encourage countless transplant patients around the world!
Kidney disease is not far away
Uremia, Dialysis, Kidney Transplantation...... These words may seem far away, but the fact is that there are about 130 million chronic kidney disease patients in mainland China, of which about 3 million are uremia patients, and the average age of patients receiving dialysis treatment is 56.9 years, and the age of new patients tends to be younger.
Whether the kidneys are good or not, you can know by looking at the urine
One look at the "color"
Urine in a healthy state is transparent or yellowish, and the shade of color is related to water intake.
When the urine is red, we must first rule out the influence of food and drugs, such as the red heart dragon fruit that many people like nowadays, and the body fluids will turn pink after eating.
In glomerulonephritis, the urine can be red and washed with water, so you need to go to the hospital for further examination of the urine red blood cell morphology to determine whether it is hematuria caused by nephritis.
Second, look at the "foam"
Patients with proteinuria usually have foamy urine. However, not all foamy urine is proteinuria. If there is occasional foam of different sizes, it is usually fine. At the same time, it is also necessary to check whether there is any use of surfactant-containing detergent in the water tank of your own toilet.
If none of these conditions exist, or there is a small foam in the urine, which will not disperse after standing, and the foam that is as dense as beer foam should be alert to protein leakage in the urine. In this case, a urine test should be done at the hospital to determine whether proteinuria is present and the extent of proteinuria.
These 8 types of food are very unfriendly to the kidneys
1. Strong tea
Long-term drinking of strong tea is easy to hurt the kidneys. Tea contains caffeine, a small amount of which can have a refreshing effect, and if consumed too much, it will increase blood flow and blood pressure. The body often contains higher concentrations of caffeine, which can put a huge burden on the kidneys.
In addition, tea contains a lot of tannic acid, which is easy to combine with iron in the body and become a poorly soluble substance, which can cause kidney stones.
2. Hamnai
Many people usually like to eat heavy foods with high salt, especially pickles. Pickles are salted with a lot of salt, and long-term intake will increase blood pressure, and the kidneys will not be able to maintain a normal amount of blood, which will lead to kidney disease.
3. Old soup
Pursuing too much "old fire soup", or drinking too much soup, will have a certain association with kidney disease. If the simmering time is too long, the purine content in the soup is very high. The intake of high purines can easily lead to the occurrence of hyperuricemia, which may not only cause an acute attack of gout, but also lead to kidney and cardiovascular damage.
4. Hot pot
The foods in hot pot, such as beans and animal offal, are all high-purine foods, and the purine content in the soup of shabu-shabu is also very high, which can easily lead to an increase in uric acid. Uric acid is mainly excreted through the kidneys, and if uric acid is too high, it may be deposited in the kidneys, resulting in uric acid kidney stones.
5. Foods high in oxalic acid
Tea, spinach, beans, potatoes, celery, bamboo shoots, tomatoes, oranges, plums, grapes and other foods are relatively high in oxalic acid content, and a large amount of intake in a short period of time is easy to form oxalic acid crystals, blocking the renal tubules, resulting in metabolic toxins can not be discharged from the body in time and accumulate, causing creatinine to rise, resulting in acute kidney injury.
6. Alcohol
Excessive alcohol consumption may induce hyperuricemia and damage the kidneys. Beer also has a rapid diuretic effect, which is easy to cause dehydration in a short period of time. Therefore, people who love beer and drink less water are more likely to get kidney stones.
7. Fast food
Coke with hamburgers, fried chicken with fries, eating too much can also hurt the kidneys. These fast foods cause an increase in the concentration of uric acid in the blood in the body, triggering hyperuricemia. The elevated blood uric acid concentration is very toxic to the kidneys, which can easily cause kidney organ lesions, and finally develop into chronic renal failure, that is, uremia.
8. Sports drinks
Sports drinks are rich in electrolytes such as potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium. People who exercise less, especially middle-aged and elderly people, can only be excreted through kidney metabolism after drinking sports drinks, which will increase the burden on the kidneys and cause abnormal kidney function.
If I have kidney disease, what indicators should I pay attention to?
Patients with kidney disease need to pay attention to two major indicators: clinical symptoms and laboratory tests.
- In terms of clinical symptoms: in daily life, we should routinely pay attention to whether we have edema, high blood pressure, changes in urine output, changes in urine color, etc.
- In terms of laboratory examinations, different nephropathy focuses on different indicators, different nephropathy staging focuses on different indicators, and the frequency of testing is also different.
For nephritis or nephropathy with proteinuria as the main manifestation, attention should be paid to urine routine, 24-hour urine protein quantification, blood and kidney function, serum albumin, etc.; For renal insufficiency, which is mainly high blood creatinine, it is necessary to focus on blood urea, creatinine, uric acid, urinalysis, etc.; With the progression of chronic kidney disease, complications such as anemia, calcium and phosphorus metabolism disorders, and metabolic acidosis may occur, so in addition to paying attention to renal function, we should also pay attention to blood routine, electrolytes and other indicators.
The frequency of testing varies depending on the condition, treatment, and individuality. The most important thing is to have regular follow-up visits, follow the doctor's instructions, and conduct relevant indicators on time to avoid the disease from progressing quietly.
Can kidney failure recover on its own?
There are 3 types of kidney failure: acute renal failure, chronic renal failure, and acute exacerbation based on chronic kidney disease. Whether kidney failure can recover depends on which of the above conditions is present.
Acute renal failure, the cause should be determined first, and treated accordingly, part of which can be recovered, and kidney function may be completely restored to normal or may be partially recovered; If it is an acute exacerbation based on chronic kidney disease, the cause of the exacerbation should be investigated, and the corresponding treatment may be carried out, and it may partially return to the level before the exacerbation. If chronic kidney disease progresses to kidney failure and cannot be recovered, renal replacement therapy may be started, such as hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or kidney transplantation.
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Source: Compiled from China Science News, Health Times, Peking University People's Hospital (RMYY 1918)
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