Renal biopsy is a diagnostic method for some kinds of kidney diseases which
can’t be diagnosed with the symptoms accurately. Some doctors say that it is the
best way for diagnosing kidney disease and it has no side effects. But it is a
surgical incision of the capsule of the kidney and it must have some influences
on the damaged kidneys. As it says that everything has two sides, so patients
should think carefully and talk with their doctors in detail. Some symptoms may
occur after the renal biopsy and the damaged kidneys may become worse after once
more damage.
1. Hematuria(Hematuria and Kidney Disease). In most cases, hematuria occurs after doing the renal biopsy
and usually it will disappear in 4-5 days without any treatment. The cause of
the appearance of hematuria is the trauma of the kidneys.
2. Backache. After the renal biopsy, some patients feel the pain in the back.
Some slightly and some seriously. The pain will disappear in 3-5 days, but it
may continue in few patients for their sensible of the biopsy.
3. It may cause infections. The damaged kidneys are easy to get infections
and the renal biopsy has a great risk in causing the infection of the kidneys.
If the infections occur, the kidneys will be in worse condition on the basic of
original renal infection.
4. Low blood pressure(High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease). With bleeding or the decreased blood volume, the blood
pressure may be lower. If the low blood pressure occurs and if it can’t be
controlled well, the kidneys will be damaged more seriously.
5. Injury of renal tissues. As the renal biopsy is that the renal biopsy
needles enter into the kidneys and take out some glomeruli. It have a trauma and
it may cause the injury of renal tissues. The damaged kidney perhaps becomes
worse injured with the injury of renal tissues. In some conditions, it may cause
the injury of liver, spleen, cholecyst and cause complications.
Except the above side effects of renal biopsy, it may have other side effects
to different patients. Therefore, patients should think carefully and if you
decide to do the renal biopsy, they should make a good preparation for the
biopsy, including the diet, the health condition and so on. Now there are some
other methods for diagnosing the kidney disease, such as ECT, MRI and so on.
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