Are Sheehan's Syndrome And Renal Insufficiency Inter-related?

Posted on Fri, 19 Dec 2014

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Question : I have sheehan s and I ve heard a lot about renal insuffiency but not s/s my urine is lame yellow feel like I m going all the time how prevelent is renal insuff with sheehan s and what should I be looking for in symtoms?

Answered by Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
not much prevalent

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.

Postpartum acute intra-pituitary hemorrhage causes Sheehan's syndrome. It is not a predisposing factor for renal insufficiency, unless in association with diabetes, hypertension.

You can go for routine urine analysis and renal function tests like Blood urea nitrogen, Serum Creatinine & serum electrolytes as first line investigations.

Many of the symptoms of chronic renal insufficiency are non-specific e.g headache, lethergy, fatigue, muscle cramps etc.

Let me know if you have more queries.

Regards

Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D. XXXXXXX

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