Symptoms and Signs of Hypertension Nephropathy

Do you know high blood pressure also can lead to kidney damage. With the kidney function decline, patients will suffer many symptoms, and knowing these symptoms and controlling them well play an important role in delaying the development of the disease. So hypertension nephropathy patients should pay more attention to their change of their physical conditions.

1.Swelling

Most hypertensive nephropathy patients suffer from edema. Swelling firstly occurs in the legs and feet and eye lids and spread to the whole body. It is usually caused by the leakage of protein in blood and excessive fluid in the body

2. High blood pressure

High blood pressure can lead to hypertensive nephropathy. In return, diabetes kidney disease can increase the blood pressure level.

3. Foamy urine

As hypertensive nephropathy progresses, more kidney damage will occur. More proteins flow through glomeruli and end up in urine. Foamy urine is caused by the excess protein in the urine.

4. Poor appetite

Poor appetite is mainly due to high level of uremic toxins in body. Healthy kidneys can filter out urea nitrogen from body. However, once the kidneys are damaged, high level of urea nitrogen will build up in body. The urea nitrogen will be decomposed into ammonia in gastrointestinal tract, thus leading to gastrointestinal problems like poor appetite, nausea and vomiting.

5. Weight loss

Many hypertensive nephropathy patients suffer from weight loss and malnutrition. If the patients have proteinuria, they have to limit the amount of protein in diet. Malnutrition and weight loss will be caused in this condition.

6. High cholesterol level

The leakage of protein in blood will cause high cholesterol. This can then increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and blood vessel diseases.

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