Diseases of Cardiovascular System in Chronic Renal Failure

Chronic renal failure is a very complex disorder which can involve multiple body systems.Read the following article to learn the diseases of cardiovascular system in chronic renal failure.

High blood pressure

In advanced stage of chronic renal failure,approximately 80%~90% of the patients will develop high blood pressure. High blood pressure can be a cause or result of chronic kidney failure. Therefore,it is important for the patients to figure out the relationship between high blood pressure and chronic renal failure.

Heart failure

Heart failure is one of manifestations of chronic kidney failure. Some patients may develop it during dialysis. Heart failure is a significant death cause of renal patients.

Cardiomyopathy

In chronic renal failure, high levels of toxins and waste products build up in body and can affect cardiac muscle adversely. In addition, there are still some other factors which can affect the cardiac muscle like high blood pressure, anemia, lipid metabolic disorder, malnutrition, infection, etc.

Pericarditis

Pericarditis is one of manifestations of diseases of cardiovascular system. It often occurs in advanced stage of chronic kidney failure and often accompanies with reduced urination, anemia, nervous disorder, nausea and vomiting, serious swelling, ammoniacal smell in mouth etc.

The above are the manifestations of diseases of cardiovascular diseases in chronic kidney failure.As these conditions can be life-threatening,it is important for the patients to seek for an aggressive treatment.Send email to kidneycares@hotmail.com  to get medical suggestions to control those conditions.

Chronic renal failure is a very complex condition.Besides the diseases of cardiovascular diseases,the patients also suffer from diseases which involve other systems like blood system, nerve system, respiratory system etc. Most of the renal patients do not die of the kidney disease itself, but the related complications. Therefore, it is important for the patients to seek for aggressive treatment to control these complications effectively.