Different from men, symptoms of chronic nephritis in women is a little
different. The pathological factors are various and the manifestations are also
different. But generally, their common presentations are edema, high blood
pressure and abnormal amount of urine.
The first symptom for chronic nephritis in women is edema. In the whole
process, most patients can have different degree of edema. In other words, edema
can be slight or serious. They can find edema in eyelid or face in the morning.
In the afternoon, lower limbs and ankle show edema as well. For serious
patients, they can suffer from edema in the whole body. However, there are still
some patients who do not have any edema in the entire progress.
The second symptom for chronic nephritis in women is high blood pressure,
which is also a reason why patients go to see a doctor in hospital. After they
have an examination of urine, they find out that they have had chronic
nephritis, which is the cause of high blood pressure. As a matter of fact, for
patients with chronic nephritis, high blood pressure will take place sooner or
later. The rise of blood pressure can be continuous and it can also rise every
now and then. In turn, high blood pressure can also worsen the damage of chronic
nephritis.
The third symptom for chronic nephritis in women is abnormal urine. Abnormal
urine is a symptom nearly all women patients with chronic nephritis are
suffering from, which includes the change of amount and the abnormality under
microscopic examination. Some patients with edema can have decreased amount of
urine. The more serious the edema is, the less the amount of urine will be. As
for those who don’t have edema, their amount of urine can be normal. When the
kidney is damaged seriously, for example, when the concentration and dilution
function decreases, patients will have more amount of urine at night. What’s
more, specific gravity will also decrease. Under microscope, we can find that
nearly all the urine of patients with chronic nephritis contains protein, the
amount of which can vary from ± to ++++. In the sediment, we can find white
blood cell, red blood cells, granular cast, hyaline cast. When chronic nephritis
takes place progressively, there can appear obvious hematuria and gross
hematuria,(Hematuria and Kidney Disease) and so on. In addition, women patients with chronic nephritis can
also suffer from dizziness, fatigue, anemia and so on.
Last but not least, as long as women are diagnosed with chronic nephritis,
they should go to hospital and receive better treatment. The sooner, the
better.