According to the statistics released by the International Society of Nephrology, about 500 million people worldwide have chronic kidney disease of varying degrees. According to the survey data of Zhengzhou, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in adults is as high as 13.63%, while the awareness rate is only 8.27%. Due to the insidious onset of chronic kidney disease, many patients have lost the best treatment opportunity when they are found, so it is urgent to pay attention to and early detection of chronic kidney disease. So, what do we need to pay attention to in general and how to find the traces of kidney disease? The following teach you a set of systematic self-examination of the program to help you stay away from kidney damage. First, the right number to evaluate whether you belong to the high-risk group of kidney disease With the progress of medical research, the factors that cause kidney damage are gradually discovered. In addition to the well-known diabetes and hypertension, there are many other factors closely related to kidney damage, such as smoking, obesity, hyperuricemia, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, asthma, chronic branch, tumors, coronary heart disease, allergic purpura, rheumatic diseases, etc. can lead to kidney damage to varying degrees. The long-term application of a large number of health care products can also cause kidney damage. If you have some kind of basic disease or bad habit mentioned above, please pay attention to it and gradually check yourself down. Second, daily observation, pay attention to the presence of early symptoms of chronic kidney disease Because of the insidious onset of chronic kidney disease, there is often no obvious clinical manifestations in the early stage, which requires us to be more careful and conscientious in order to detect the traces of kidney disease. In view of the common clinical manifestations of kidney disease, our department has summarized the following methods to check the face and legs, look at the urine to measure the pressure, and measure the body to assess the stomach will help your self-examination: (1) Check the face and legs: Is the eyelid edema in the morning? Is your face gray? Is your ankle or leg swollen after afternoon activities? (2) Look at the urine pressure: Is there any frequent, urgent or painful urination? Is there a large change in urine volume? Is there any increase in nocturia? Is there any hematuria? Is there an increase in urinary foam? Is blood pressure measured frequently? (3) Physical assessment of the stomach: Is there any significant change in weight? Is there any nausea, vomiting, poor appetite?
If you have the above clinical symptoms, please pay more attention to it. Third, pay attention to the physical examination, find the problem timely consultation and treatment Daily physical examination is an important means to assess our personal health and early detection of disease, unfortunately, the number of routine physical examination items for the kidney, including at most a urinary routine, kidney function and kidney ultrasound, however, although these items can provide some clues, but the role of the discovery of early kidney damage is very limited and delayed, and then Coupled with the lack of meticulousness of the physical examination, their ability to detect diseases is greatly reduced. Therefore, if you find any problem in the physical examination or you belong to kidney disease, please go to a professional nephrology department for consultation and examination in time. In short, through the above self-examination, if you belong to the high-risk group, if you have some early manifestations of kidney disease, if you have abnormal findings in the past medical examination reports, please go to the professional nephrology department for further consultation and treatment as soon as possible to keep kidney disease out of your health. Our nephrology team, always taking care of patients’ health as our responsibility, is dedicated to provide you with the most professional and meticulous services.