Uremia itch and eczema are two different diseases, which can be distinguished by the cause of the disease, accompanying symptoms and related examinations.
1. Causes: Uremia is the common outcome of various chronic kidney diseases that continue to progress to the late stage. Itching is due to the body’s waste excretion obstacles, a large number of toxins accumulated in the human body leading to uremia itching; and eczema is a skin disease, its cause is mainly due to the human body to beef, fish and shrimp, alcohol, some drugs and some chemicals and other allergies.
2. Accompanying symptoms: uremia in addition to itching symptoms, but also on the respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, neurological and other systems caused by damage, the patient may appear dyspnea, generalized weakness, nausea and vomiting, impaired consciousness and other symptoms. Eczema, on the other hand, takes itching as the main symptom, and the skin can appear papules, blisters, and in severe cases, vesicles and even oozing.
3. Related examination: uremia patients will appear creatinine, urea nitrogen level increases, glomerular filtration rate decreases, hemoglobin level decreases and so on. And eczema will appear eosinophils increased, serum IgE increased, some patients allergen test can find allergens.
Uremia and eczema can cause itching, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.