Why does chronic renal failure cause vomiting?

Written by Zhou Qi
Nephrology
Updated on August 31, 2024
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Patients with chronic renal failure who experience vomiting generally indicates that their condition has become very severe. Typically, from stage four of chronic kidney disease onwards, a large amount of metabolic waste accumulates in the body, and patients may have severe metabolic acidosis, among other issues. These conditions can cause edema of the gastrointestinal mucosa, and these metabolic wastes can also irritate the gastrointestinal tract, leading to symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. Of course, besides these reasons, other gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic gastritis, gastric ulcers, and even gastric cancer should also be ruled out.

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How can vomiting be alleviated in chronic renal failure?

There are many reasons why patients with chronic kidney failure experience vomiting. To alleviate vomiting, it is first necessary to clarify the cause of vomiting. Generally, if vomiting is caused by an excess of toxins, dialysis treatment may be needed at this time. If it is due to chronic gastritis, drugs that protect the gastric mucosa are needed. Additionally, if it is due to electrolyte disorders, it is essential to correct the electrolyte disturbance to alleviate the symptoms of vomiting. Furthermore, if the vomiting is caused by an infection leading to gastroenteritis, anti-infection drugs are required. Also, some patients with chronic kidney failure may experience nausea and vomiting due to very high blood pressure, which can lead to increased intracranial pressure; in this case, it is necessary to control the blood pressure and reduce intracranial pressure.

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Can people with chronic renal failure eat mutton?

Patients with chronic kidney failure can eat mutton. Although these patients have reduced ability to excrete metabolic waste due to kidney failure, and the body's metabolic wastes are mainly due to the products of protein metabolism, in reality, patients with chronic kidney failure need to control their protein intake in their diet to avoid excessive protein intake leading to the overproduction of metabolic wastes. This would increase the excretory burden on the kidneys, and protein can also increase the excretion of urinary protein in patients. The daily protein intake for these patients should be controlled at less than 80% of that for normal people, with animal proteins making up more than 50% of this intake. Since mutton is an animal protein, patients with chronic kidney failure can eat mutton, but they should not eat too much.

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Does chronic renal failure require dialysis?

Not all cases of chronic renal failure require dialysis. It is only considered when chronic renal failure progresses to an advanced stage, causing severe consequences, and the kidneys are unable to maintain normal body functions, leading to many complications. Generally, when chronic renal failure progresses to its final stage, i.e., uremia, the kidney function is left with about 10% capacity. The body then experiences a disruption in its internal environment, including the accumulation of a large amount of metabolic waste, serious electrolyte disorders, and severe metabolic acidosis. It is at this point that dialysis is considered. In the early stages of chronic renal failure, dialysis is not necessary.

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Diet for Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

Patients with chronic kidney failure should first pay attention to a low-salt and low-fat diet, with daily salt intake less than six grams, and try to eat less salty food such as pickled vegetables and preserved products. Additionally, due to the impaired excretion of potassium and phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney failure, it is necessary to eat less high-phosphorus and high-potassium foods. Common high-phosphorus foods include various marinated meats and other processed foods, and common high-potassium foods include fruits such as bananas, peaches, mangoes, and vegetables like green vegetables and potatoes. At the same time, it is important to maintain a high-quality, low-protein diet. If dialysis treatment has not yet been started, protein intake should be controlled at 0.6 grams per kilogram of body weight per day. If dialysis treatment has already begun, the standards can be appropriately relaxed.

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Can chronic renal failure be cured?

Chronic kidney failure is irreversible and incurable, with no possibility of kidney function recovery. There are many causes of chronic kidney failure, commonly including diabetic nephropathy, hypertensive nephropathy, chronic nephritis, polycystic kidney disease, etc. These causes affect the kidneys over the long term, resulting in extensive damage to kidney tissues. Since kidney tissues cannot regenerate, chronic kidney failure is incurable and irreversible. Patients with chronic kidney failure still require treatment to control the underlying causes leading to the condition, aiming to slow down the progression of the disease as much as possible, prolong the patient’s life, and ensure the quality of life. This is the primary goal of treatment.