Solution: lower limb edema is a kidney disease

Ordinary people think, the main function of the kidney is the discharge water, when the body appear edema phenomenon, especially in lower extremity edema, means may be suffering from kidney disease. Actually not like that, xi 'an tongji hospital kidney disease experts emphasize lower extremity edema can be one of the symptoms of systemic disease, also may be one of the symptoms of lower limb local disease.
Ordinary people think, the main function of the kidney is the discharge water, when the body appear edema phenomenon, especially in lower extremity edema, means may be suffering from kidney disease. Renal dysfunction, urinary tract stones, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia associated with kidney disease, may cause edema. But heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, lower extremity varicose veins, thyroid dysfunction, lymphatic congestion, take drugs, pregnancy, birth control pills, etc., are also the common cause of body edema.
There are two kinds of kidney disease cause of edema, one for a serious recession, renal function can not be normal eduction body water and salt; A protein for the body, because kidney disease a lot from the eduction in the urine, resulting in decreased plasma protein, making water easy to accumulate in the body. Generally speaking, the kidney disease caused by edema, from the eyelids, face, upper limbs, lower limbs, back in bed and all possible, press the swelling of the skin with the hand, and will not automatically pop-up will sag.
Edema is one of the common symptoms of kidney disease, but when appear edema disease usually have a period of time, patients may appear, such as: dizziness, tiredness, systemic symptom such as insomnia, loss of appetite, and usually accompanied by urine bubble.
Cardiac edema when all kinds of right heart failure, heart attack, not successful due to venous blood back into the left ventricle, cause vein pressure and can make the fluid leaking into the tissue clearance, cause swelling, first appeared in the ankle, throughout the body.
Renal edema, acute or chronic nephritis or kidney disease, because of the reduced renal blood flow of sodium and water retention, increased capillary permeability, lost too much protein in urine caused by the plasma colloid osmotic pressure is reduced, can make the organization clearance fluid gathered and cause swelling. Edema is common in the lower extremities, but first appeared in the eyelid and facial, then spread to the lower extremities and the whole body, accompanied by less urine or night urination, urine, etc.
Liver edema was mainly due to cirrhosis of the liver structure damage, the portal vein is blocked door higher static pressure caused by, but with malnutrition, liver failure, low plasma albumin also have relations, from the ankle swelling begin to spread and upward, but significant ascites in the most obvious, and little arms and face. Nutrition is not benign edema dystrophy reduce plasma albumin and appear edema, first appeared in the lower extremities and gradually upward and spread throughout the body. Before edema with malnutrition, absorption disorder or chronic wasting disease.
Edema disease is different, have different expression
Edema is divided into systemic edema and local edema. Systemic edema can be caused by the heart, liver, kidney disease; Edema for other reasons, such as standing for a long time, eating too salty, sit too long, mostly local edema, because of local tissue inflammation, allergies, lymphatic congestion, lead to the microvascular hydrostatic pressure rise, or tissue fluid can not flow back to the lymphatic vessels, cause of some parts of the face, upper limb, lower limb edema.
Professional inspection, symptomatic treatment, lower extremity edema can't be afraid
In general, identify the cause of lower extremity edema, will first health examination in the first place, to see if for lower extremity varicose veins, heart, liver, or other can correct the problems caused by diet and posture. Exclusion of the following reasons, will check with blood and urine inspection, initial tests the stand or fall of kidney function, then there need to be by abdominal X-ray, renal vein photography of meng, ultrasound, nuclear kidney, renal biopsy, such as inspection, do more specific diagnosis, to confirm whether lower limb edema for kidney disease change.
Above is xi 'an tongji hospital expert introduction, hope will be helpful to you.