Nephrosclerosis of the kidneys - what is it, the outcome of the disease

Most patients who are diagnosed with kidney nephrosclerosis do not know what it is. Under this violation in medicine, it is customary to understand the pathological process in which replacement of the renal parenchyma with a connective tissue occurs. This phenomenon leads to the so-called "wrinkling" of the organ, which negatively affects its functioning.

What kinds of the disease is it customary to allocate?

Depending on the mechanism of development, doctors usually adhere to the following classification of nephrosclerosis:

1. Primary - develops as a result of disturbance of the process of blood supply to the kidney (it is observed mainly with hypertension, atherosclerosis).
2. Secondary - accompanies the existing kidney disease (nephritis, congenital anomaly of kidney development, etc.).

How is nephrosclerosis manifested?

The problem of the timely initiation of the therapeutic process for this violation consists, first of all, in an inconvenient, and sometimes impossible, early diagnosis of the disease.

As a rule, patients learn about the presence of the disorder after the examination. Changes in the first place are observed in the urine ( nocturia, protein, erythrocytes, decrease in the density of urine, etc.). Clinical symptoms of the disease are manifested only with time: swelling of the face, hands, feet, violation of urination.

How is renal nephrosclerosis treated?

Therapeutic measures for this violation are not always conducted in a hospital. As a rule, hospitalization is required in severe cases, with the development of renal failure or the formation of a malignant tumor.

The basis of treatment is hypotensive and diuretic drugs, which are designed to relieve the kidneys. Patients are advised to adhere to a special diet, involving the restriction of salt and protein in the diet. Regular monitoring of the kidneys in the dynamics (daily diuresis is evaluated, periodically conduct ultrasound).

What are the consequences of the disease?

Having told that this is kidney nephrosclerosis, how it is treated, it is necessary to say about the outcome of this disease.

Often the disease leads to decompensated arterial hypertension, as a result of which:

• strokes;
• disruption of the left ventricle of the heart;
• Atrophy of the optic nerve (occasionally complete blindness), retinal detachment.

With prolonged absence of treatment, chronic renal failure, requiring hemodialysis , develops .