Renal insufficiency and chronic nephritis do not exist which is more serious, both belong to kidney diseases, can exist at the same time, both need active treatment. But overall renal insufficiency is still a bit more serious than chronic nephritis.
1. Renal insufficiency: renal insufficiency is the damage of renal function, so that the body’s metabolites and urine can not be discharged normally. Renal insufficiency is very harmful, not only affecting the metabolite discharge, but also affecting the normal operation of each organ, which will lead to high blood pressure, anemia, swelling, and so on, and seriously lead to uremia.
2. Chronic nephritis: Chronic nephritis is an inflammatory disease of the kidney area, usually caused by immune system disorders leading to the deposition of immune complexes to the kidneys, thus inducing a kind of inflammation, this disease can’t be cured by itself, and it will also cause persistent damage to the kidney function by recurring episodes.
Patients with renal insufficiency and chronic nephritis should go to the nephrology department of the hospital in time and receive standardized treatment under the guidance of doctors.