What is the experience of someone with uremia?

Uremia is a syndrome composed of a series of clinical manifestations that occur after chronic kidney disease enters the terminal stage. In the early stage, patients with uremia generally do not have obvious clinical symptoms. As the disease progresses, in the later stage, symptoms such as edema, chest tightness, anemia, and hypertension may appear. Here are the specific symptoms:

1. Edema: Edema is a common clinical symptom of uremia patients, mostly edema in both lower limbs. In severe cases, edema may occur throughout the body. When there is too much water in the body and the blood albumin level drops, the edema can gradually spread to the whole body, often accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and poor appetite.

2. Chest tightness: If a person has uremia, it can disrupt the electrolyte and acid-base balance in the body, further affecting respiratory system function, resulting in symptoms such as chest tightness.

3. Anemia: The kidney function of uremia patients is often impaired, reducing erythropoietin production, leading to a lack of hematopoietic materials and subsequently inducing anemia.

4. Hypertension: Long-term hypertension can promote the occurrence of renal hypertension. When blood pressure is too high, it can easily induce complications such as heart failure and cerebral hemorrhage.

5. Other symptoms: Some patients with uremia may also experience mental symptoms such as lethargy, insomnia, low mood, delirium, and depression. When digestive system symptoms appear, they are prone to nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, and some patients may also experience gastrointestinal bleeding.

Patients with uremia should pay attention to diet management in daily life, limit salt intake, adopt a high-quality protein diet, control protein intake, and focus on a low-salt, low-fat, and low-purine diet. Additionally, they should maintain skin and oral hygiene to prevent secondary infections.