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What Causes Urinary Retention When Suffering From End Stage Kidney Failure?
Posted on
Tue, 25 Nov 2014
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Tue, 25 Nov 2014
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Question : HI, I have end stage kidney failure and did not urinate much and now that's all I do-what does this mean?
Brief Answer:
Failure of absorption of glomerular filtrate
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM and thanks for your query.
Most of the water that is filtered at the glomeruli of the kidneys is reabsorbed in the tubules to make the urine concentrated. When this concentrating power is lost in end stage renal failure, the urine has a fixed specific gravity of 1.010. In such a situation, even though the kidneys are not working well, with raised serum creatinine and urea, the urine output is more than before.
If you have more queries, please do ask.
Take care
Dr. Noble Zachariah
Failure of absorption of glomerular filtrate
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM and thanks for your query.
Most of the water that is filtered at the glomeruli of the kidneys is reabsorbed in the tubules to make the urine concentrated. When this concentrating power is lost in end stage renal failure, the urine has a fixed specific gravity of 1.010. In such a situation, even though the kidneys are not working well, with raised serum creatinine and urea, the urine output is more than before.
If you have more queries, please do ask.
Take care
Dr. Noble Zachariah
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