When some people find their kidneys are shrunk in the test report, they may
feel surprised and scared about this symptom. Why do people have kidney
shrinkage?
The normal size of kidneys is about 8-11cm long, 5.5-7cm wide and 4-5cm
thick.
And the size is changed according to your age, gender, weight and height.
You can consult our experts to know clearly whether your kidney is shrunk.
Causes of kidney shrinkage are too many. Now I will give you some for
reference.
1. If you have the damage of glomeruli, you would have kidney shrinkage. Do
you know what the glomeruli are? Glomeruli are little balls of tiny blood
vessels and are used to filtrate blood in order to discharge toxic substances
and excessive water. They are in the outer layer of kidney and take apart of one
third. In normal people, there are almost more than 2 million glomeruli in their
kidneys. In the early stage, kidney would not shrink. Only when many glomeruli
are hurt and hardened, they will affect the size of kidneys.
When you have glomeruli disease and kidney shrinkage, you may have gone into
the end stage of kidney stage. Your kidney function has been lost much and you
creatinine and urea level in blood is high. This means you need dialysis or
kidney transplant.
2. When you found your kidneys are shrunk, you kidney function is not low. In
this case, your renal interstitium may have been hurt. The renal interstitium is
inside of the kidney and takes two third of the kidneys. Its main function is to
give a support to kidney tissues. so when it is hurt, people’s kidney function
is not lost much but kidney size has been smaller. They have not gone into renal
failure. But the renal inflammation will damage glomeruli sooner or later. So
people should block the inflammation in this stage with effective
treatments.
When you find kidney size is shrunk, never think nothing of this symptoms.
You can consult our experts online for an accurate diagnosis of your condition.
It is very convenient and free for you.
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