Renal trauma
Disease information
Renal trauma
Renal Traumatismo.
Bled or tear of the
kidney
or uréter.
The kidneys filter products of remainder of the blood and the excess of water and salts, producing tinkles it.
Uréteres is the conduits that transport tinkles it from the kidneys to vejiga.
Complications.
Internal hemorrhage.
Shock (sweats, fadings, nauseas, jadeos, fast pulse, pale skin, fry and humid)
Losses of tinkle in the abdomen, that cause to abdominal inflammation or
infection
.
Scars and narrowing of damaged uréter.
Prognosis.
Usually it is cured with time, rest and surgery or protection against the
infection
.
The surgery to extirpate
a
damaged
kidney
(if it
has
not been cured by other means) is not complicated.
After the recovery, it can live normally with
a
single
kidney
, although it will have to take some identification like so.
Diagnosis and treatment.
DIAGNOSIS:
File and physical examination by
a
doctor
.
Analysis of tinkles.
X - rayses,
T
.
A
.
C
, R. M. N. or ecografía of the
urinary
system
.
Sometimes the only form to confirm the existence of injuries is by means of the accomplishment of an exploratory laparatomía (to open the abdomen to visualize his directly contenido) as.
TREATMENT:
According to the type of
injury
, it can be surgical
doctor
or.
General measures.
There are special trainings no except for the enumerated ones in other sections.
Medication.
His
doctor
can prescribe:
Analgesic.
Antibiotics to treat or to protect against the
infection
.
Activity
.
After the
injury
, it will have to keep bed 1 or 2 weeks.
After the recovery, it resumes its activities gradually.
Diet.
There is no special diet.
Drink of 6 to 8 daily
glasses
of
liquid
.
It does not drink
alcohol
.
Warn its medico if.
The
kidney
injuries are
a
EMERGENCIA. Ante the smaller suspicion, goes immediately to the
doctor
.
The symptoms are repeated after the treatment, mainly blood in tinkles it.
They appear inexplicable new symptoms. The drugs used in this treatment can produce indirect effect.
Prevention.
Protéjase against injuries whenever it can:
Póngase the lap belt when it goes in car, to diminish the internal injuries in case of accident.
It does not drink when it leads.
Factors of risk.
Excessive
alcohol
consumption.
Facility to suffer accidents.
Dangerous works.
Conduction in dangerous conditions.
Signs and symptoms.
Pain and sensitivity in the back, right under the ribs, in the affected side.
Fever (sometimes)
Blood in tinkles it.
If it
has
much pain, with great amount of blood in it tinkles it, one or their two kidneys can be seriously injured.
Causes.
A
direct blow in the renal zone (in the back, right under the ribs near the mean line.
Also it can take place of indirect form, in injuries of pelvis, by fragments of bone.
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