When your kidneys suddenly lose their ability to filter wastes from your blood, dangerous levels of wastes may accumulate, and the chemical balance of your blood may become out of balance, resulting in acute kidney failure.
The majority of people who experience acute kidney failure are already hospitalized patients, particularly critically ill patients who require intensive care. Acute kidney failure, also known as acute renal failure or acute kidney injury, develops quickly over a few hours or days.
If you’re otherwise healthy, you may recover normal or nearly normal kidney function. Acute kidney failure can be fatal and requires intensive treatment, but it may be reversible.
Causes-Acute kidney failure may happen if:
Your kidneys receive less blood due to a condition you have.
Kidney damage that is immediate occurs to you
Your ureters, which carry urine from your kidneys, can become clogged, making it impossible for waste to pass through urine and leave your body.
Impaired blood flow to the kidneys
Kidney failure can be brought on by a number of illnesses and conditions, including:
· Blood or fluid loss
· Blood pressure medications
· Heart attack
· Heart disease
· Infection
· Liver failure
Using aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, and other brands), naproxen (Aleve, and other brands), or medications related to those three
· Severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis)
· Severe burns
· Severe dehydration
Damage to the kidneys
Acute kidney failure can be caused by the following illnesses, conditions, and substances that can harm the kidneys:
Blood clots in and around the kidneys, including their veins and arteries
Kidney blood flow obstruction caused by cholesterol buildup
Inflammation of the kidneys’ tiny filters (glomeruli), known as glomerulonephritis
The condition known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, which is brought on by red blood cells that are destroyed too soon.
· Infection
Glomerulonephritis is brought on by the immune system condition lupus.
Drugs that treat osteoporosis and high blood calcium levels (hypercalcemia), such as zoledronic acid (Reclast, Zometa), certain antibiotics, dyes used in imaging tests, and some chemotherapy medications
Plasma cell cancer known as multiple myeloma
Scleroderma, a collection of uncommon conditions that affect the skin and connective tissues
The uncommon blood condition thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Toxins, including cocaine, heavy metals, and alcohol
Vasculitis, a condition in which blood vessels become inflamed
Urine blockage in the kidneys
Urinary obstructions, which can cause acute kidney failure, are illnesses and conditions that prevent urine from leaving the body.
· Bladder cancer
Urinary tract blood clots
· Cervical cancer
· Colon cancer
· Enlarged prostate
· Kidney stones
Damage to the bladder-controlling nerves’ nerves
· Prostate cancer
Acute kidney failure may present with the following signs and symptoms:
Reduced urine production, despite the fact that it can occasionally be normal
Fluid retention, which results in ankle, foot, or leg swelling
· Drowsiness
· Shortness of breath
· Fatigue
· Confusion
· Nausea
In extreme cases, coma or seizures
· Chest pain or pressure
Acute kidney failure may occasionally go undetected and only be discovered through laboratory tests ordered for another reason.
Risk factors for acute kidney failure include the following conditions, which almost always occur in conjunction with another illness or incident:
Being admitted to the hospital, particularly for a serious illness that needs intensive care
· Advanced age
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) causes blood vessel blockages in your arms or legs.
· Diabetes
· High blood pressure
· Heart failure
· Kidney diseases
· Liver diseases
ComplicationsAcute kidney failure may lead to the following complications:
Fluid buildup.Shortness of breath may result from an accumulation of fluid in your lungs brought on by acute kidney failure.
Chest pain.Chest pain could be a symptom of an inflamed pericardium, the membrane that covers your heart.
Muscle weakness.Elevated levels of potassium in your blood are particularly dangerous because they indicate an imbalance in your body’s fluids and electrolytes, which affects your blood chemistry and can lead to muscle weakness.
Permanent kidney damage.Acute kidney failure can occasionally progress to end-stage renal disease, which is characterized by a permanent loss of kidney function and the need for either kidney transplantation or continuous dialysis to remove wastes and toxins from the body.
Death.People who had kidney issues prior to developing acute kidney failure are at higher risk of dying from the condition, which can result in the loss of kidney function.
Diagnosis-In order to confirm your diagnosis of acute kidney failure if your signs and symptoms point to it, your doctor may advise a number of tests and procedures, such as:
Urine output measurements.Your doctor may be able to diagnose kidney failure by looking at how much urine you excrete each day.
Urine tests.Urinalysis, the analysis of a urine sample, can spot anomalies that could indicate kidney failure.
Blood tests.Urea and creatinine, two compounds used to gauge kidney function, may be found to be rapidly increasing in a blood sample of yours.
Imaging tests.Your doctor might use imaging tests like computerized tomography and ultrasound to help them see your kidneys.
Removing a sample of kidney tissue for testing.When necessary, your doctor may suggest a kidney biopsy, which involves inserting a needle through your skin and into your kidney to remove a small sample of kidney tissue for laboratory testing.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
There are many effective medicines available in homoeopathy for treating kidney failure, but the choice depends on the patient’s individuality, taking into account the mental and physiological well-being. Homoeopathy is a rapidly expanding system that is currently used throughout the world. Its strength lies in its evident effectiveness as it takes a holistic approach towards the sick individual through promotion of inner balance at mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical levels.
**CUPRUM ARSENITUM 3x-**Cuprum ars is also a very effective treatment for kidney insufficiency and uremia, as well as for renal failure with a high blood creatinine level, garlic-scented urine, increased acetone and diacetic acid levels, and kidney inefficiency.
CUPRUM ACETICUM 3X– The patient is chilly, has a rapid heartbeat, a pale, mucus-covered tongue, anemia, a dry cough, and is unable to eat or drink without throwing up.
Serum Anguilae, which is prescribed when hypertension, oliguria without oedema, and albumin-containing urine are present, is one of the best treatments for high levels of creatinine in the blood with renal failure.
ARALIA HISPIDA 30-Aralia hispida is effective for conditions such as high blood creatinine levels, renal diseases with constipation, urinary tract infections, dropsy of renal origin, and scanty urine.
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA30- There is uraemia or uremic coma, which has the symptoms of vomiting, purging, tenesmus, cold sweats, and collapse. Ampelopsis quinquefolia is another effective treatment for high blood creatinine levels.
ARSENICUM ALBUM- 30Urine is scanty, burning when urinating, albuminuria, epithelial cells, cylindrical clots of fibrin, globules of pus, and blood in the urine, retention of urine, and urine that is black as if mixed with dung are all symptoms of renal failure with high levels of creatinine in the blood.
LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM 30Lycopodium is an effective treatment for high levels of creatinine in the blood, which can cause impotence, scanty urination, crying before urinating, red sand in the urine, the need to strain, retention, and sometimes haematuria. The right kidney is most commonly affected by these symptoms.
APIS MELLIFICA 3xIn cases of edematous swellings of the face and extremities coupled with a lack of thirst, frequent but scant urination, breathing difficulties, and symptoms that are worsened by heat and improved by cold, apis mel is another effective treatment.
CANTHARIS 30Cantharis is most effective in cases of kidney failure where uremic delusions with a sense of persecution are present, there is urine suppression accompanied by restlessness, a flushed face, sparkling eyes, and an urge to urinate but no urine is passed due to the absence of urine in the bladder.
TEREBINTH 30-When there is violent convulsions producing the most horrifying opisthotonos and uremia, along with spasms and lock jaw that may occur every 15 minutes, terebinth is prescribed.
HELLEBORUS NIGER 30The best remedy for hellebotus is high blood creatinine levels, remia, unconsciousness, dilated pupils, light sensitivity, convulsions, and a pungent uric acid odor from the body.
UREA 30When uremia is present, urea is prescribed because it has a low specific gravity and is thin.
BELLADONNA 30Belladonna is used to treat uremia in its acute stage, when kidney function is lost in healthy patients, causing the urine to turn dark and turbid and causing muscle twitching and violent convulsions.
MERCURIUS CORROSIVUS 30Acute renal failure with albuminous urine, which is scanty, hot, burning, passed drop by drop or suppressed, bloody, greenish discharge, tenesmus of bladder, stabbing pain extending up urethra into bladder, severe lumbar pain, and dyspnea are all signs of acute renal failure that can be treated with mercor.
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