Post Date December, 03 2023
There are many symptoms of nephrotic syndrome, and patients may feel good at the initial stages of these symptoms, but as the condition worsens, the harm caused by nephrotic syndrome will also become greater. Until a variety of complications occur, seriously endangering the health of patients. Let's take a look at its main hazards.
Nephrotic syndrome is not the name of a disease, but rather represents a group of symptoms, behind which are various chronic kidney diseases. The main complication of nephrotic syndrome is that patients with nephrotic syndrome have decreased resistance and are prone to infection. Common complications include respiratory and urinary tract infections, primary peritonitis, and cellulitis. Due to the hypercoagulable state of blood, renal vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and thrombophlebitis in peripheral veins are prone to occur. It can also cause vitamin D deficiency, as well as zinc deficiency, which can easily lead to human fatigue and slow wound healing. The most serious consequence of nephrotic syndrome is acute renal failure; The proportion of chronic renal failure caused by long-term massive proteinuria is also much higher than that of the normal population.
The presence of nephrotic syndrome indicates that patients have experienced certain problems with their renal function, which is more likely to cause hyperlipidemia and lipidemia: plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, and phospholipids are significantly increased, which is also a common symptom of nephrotic syndrome. Both low density and very low density lipoprotein can increase in the early stage, while high-density lipoprotein is normal or decreased. Hyperlipidemia is the cause of more atherosclerotic complications in patients with nephrotic syndrome, and is associated with thrombosis and progressive glomerulosclerosis. The main manifestation of lipidemia is the presence of double refractive fat bodies in the urine, which may be epithelial cells or fat body tubular types that contain cholesterol components.
It can be seen that the harm of nephrotic syndrome is relatively large. Of course, the main reason is the damage caused by the kidney disease behind nephrotic syndrome to the patient's kidneys. This damage is not limited to the kidneys, but can cause varying degrees of damage to the patient's entire organs.
