30-year-old man has end-stage kidney failure, doctor warns of cause

GĐXH – According to doctors, chronic kidney disease is currently becoming younger. In addition to the cause of glomerulonephritis, the irregular eating and living habits of young people are also risk factors for the disease.

Increasing number of young people with chronic kidney failure

During a routine health check-up a few years ago, Mr. PVH (name changed, 30 years old, Hanoi ) was warned by the doctor about the presence of protein in his urine. Mr. H. was instructed to monitor and treat with medication.

The patient then went to the hospital for a check-up and was shocked to be diagnosed with chronic kidney failure. In 2022, when he saw that his urine was foamy and took longer to dissolve than usual, Mr. H. continued to go to the doctor and was instructed to perform conservative treatment with a diet, plus taking medication prescribed by the doctor and regular monthly follow-ups.

Recently, seeing additional symptoms such as nausea, insomnia, and changes in taste, Mr. H. went to the Center for Nephrology and Dialysis, Bach Mai Hospital for examination and was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure requiring replacement treatment.

Currently, Mr. H's kidney function is below 10% and he must be treated with dialysis.

Doctor examines patient. Photo: BVCC.

According to Master, Doctor Pham Tien Dung, Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis, this unit regularly receives many cases like patient H. Even though the patient was only 15-16 years old when diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, it was already in the final stage.

Currently, the Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis has about 160-180 kidney patients receiving inpatient treatment. On average, the center receives 30-40 new patients every day. Notably, among the hospitalized patients, there are more and more people under 30 years old, the age group that is the main labor force in the family.

" Most patients come to us too late, and things are almost irreversible ," Dr. Pham Tien Dung shared.

Dr. Nghiem Trung Dung - Director of the Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis, Bach Mai Hospital added that when kidney disease is not detected at an early stage, the cost of treatment is not only expensive but the time for conservative treatment is also not long.

Many patients come to the Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis in the stage of emergency dialysis, at which time the kidney failure is very severe with many complications in organs such as: cardiovascular, respiratory... limiting the patient's choice in kidney replacement therapy.

Warning about unscientific eating and living habits

According to doctors, kidney disease often develops very silently, and in the early stages there are often no symptoms. Many people only discover the disease after a health check at work or a health check for work or study abroad.

Unscientific eating habits, eating a lot of fast food and drinking soft drinks are the causes of many diseases, including kidney disease. Illustration photo.

Dr. Nghiem Trung Dung said that the trend of younger people with kidney failure is related to many issues, in which in addition to the cause of glomerulonephritis, the irregular eating and living habits of young people are also risk factors that promote early metabolic diseases, causing many diseases, including chronic kidney disease.

" Young people today use too many drinks of unknown origin, eat a lot of convenient foods such as instant noodles with high salt content, plus irregular living habits that are not in accordance with biological rhythms. Sleeping too late and being lazy to exercise lead to obesity. These are risk factors for many diseases, including kidney disease ," Dr. Dung emphasized.

According to this expert, chronic kidney disease, when detected early, brings many benefits: Helps prolong the time of conservative treatment with low treatment costs, effectiveness, and less time for follow-up visits... However, if the disease is detected at a late stage, it leads to high treatment costs, shortened conservative treatment time, greatly affecting the health and quality of life of the patient.

When kidney disease is detected at an advanced stage, there are only three options: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation. Regardless of the choice, the burden of the disease will follow the patient and their family for the rest of their lives.

Experts recommend that not only kidney disease but also many other diseases, the only way to detect the disease early is regular health check-ups. Therefore, people need to comply with regular health check-ups, at the same time, eliminate bad eating and living habits to limit the risk of disease.

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