Kidney shrinkage is medically known as renal atrophy, and the two are one and the same concept. Renal atrophy is an abnormal phenomenon in which the volume of kidneys is relatively small or significantly reduced in comparison with the person’s gender, age, height and weight.
Renal atrophy may be related to congenital renal insufficiency, or end-stage renal disease, such as chronic glomerulonephritis with the progression of the disease, developing into chronic renal failure, at this time the urea nitrogen and blood creatinine are elevated, the renal parenchyma is severely damaged, the kidney volume may be reduced.
It is recommended that patients with renal atrophy should go to regular hospitals in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy under the guidance of the doctor.