Breathing ammonia odor is commonly caused by uremia, which is a manifestation of end-stage renal failure, and other conditions such as gastrointestinal bleeding may also occur breathing ammonia odor.
Kidney failure is the decline of kidney function caused by various reasons, and uremia is the end stage of kidney failure, the patient’s typical symptoms are edema, fatigue, loss of appetite and so on. Patients will also have respiratory manifestations such as breath with ammonia odor, uremic lung, pleurisy and so on.
Renal failure patients exhale gas with ammonia odor, mainly because at this time the body metabolites can not be discharged from the body in a timely manner, will be gathered in the body, some of the metabolites will be discharged with the respiratory discharge, due to the metabolites in the composition of urea, so the exhaled gas will have an ammonia odor.
If the patient’s condition is more serious, renal failure will also appear anuria, fuzzy consciousness, drowsiness and other symptoms, and will cause other organs to fail.
In addition, digestive bleeding, negative nitrogen balance and other conditions can also appear breath ammonia odor, for the breath of ammonia odor patients, should promptly consult a doctor for examination, a clear diagnosis, choose the appropriate way of treatment.