Watch out for Hypertensive Nephropathy

The patients with high blood pressure should watch out for Hypertensive Nephropathy. In recent years, the clinical statistics in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital shows that the population with Renal Failure on dialysis is deceasing year after year, but that caused by high blood pressure and Diabetes is rising and covers about 25~40% of the total population on dialysis.

The experts in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital point out that if the patients with high blood pressure can take early treatment, they can delay the incidence of renal injury and even avoid it. However, most of the patients with high blood pressure only know realize that high blood pressure is an important inducement of cardiovascular disease, but do not know it can lead to Hypertensive Nephropathy. In some cases, they do not know that high blood pressure is the cause of their renal injury until they develop uremia.

For the patients with more than 5 years' history of high blood pressure, they should watch out for increased urination at night and the appearance of proteinuria. If the patients have a poor control of their blood pressure, it will impair their renal tubule and glomeruli. As a result, the urine concentration ability and glomerular filtration function will decrease. If the patients can treat the primary disease high blood pressure and block renal fibrosis, they will be able to prevent their disease from developing into Uremia.

Generally speaking, Hypertensive Nephropathy mainly attacks the elderly people with several years' history of high blood pressure. Moreover, it is very common among the people with family history of primary high blood pressure.


Therefore, if the patients with high blood pressure, they should notice if they have the above symptoms. If possible, the patients with high blood pressure should do renal function test regularly to find if they have renal injury.