Does FSGS Cause Pain
FSGS refers to kidney disorder caused by renal scarring. Generally speaking, FSGS is not painful, but in some cases, some FSGS complications are indeed painful. How does FSGS cause pain? If you have painful feeling associated with FSGS, you can find the reason from the following content.
1. Sore throat
A part of FSGS patients have upper respiratory infections before the onset of FSGS, while sore throat is one sign of this infection. If uncontrolled effectively, upper respiratory infections may cause the relapse of FSGS kidney disease easily.
2. Pain in legs, feet or other parts
Removing extra fluid from the body is one basic kidney function. When kidneys are unable to work normally, extra fluid will build up in the body. Legs, feet, hands, face especially eyelids, and abdomen are more likely to be affected by fluid retention. We call this condition swelling or edema. In serious cases, swelling is painful.
3. Back pain
Back pain, kidney pain or flank pain may also happen in FSGS patients, because of the decline of kidney function. With kidney deficiency, back pain occurs easily.
4. Painful urination
To control FSGS, patients may need to take steroids or immunosuppressants. These medicines will inhibit patients’ immune reactions and lower their immunity, so they are at a high risk of infections including urinary tract infections. If this occurs, patients may have painful urination easily.
Now, we can know FSGS kidney disease indeed can cause painful symptoms or complications. If you just happen to suffer from these problems, you should first detect the underlying cause and then accept corresponding treatments to manage them.
In addition to managing the direct cause, some treatments that can help treat FSGS and protect the remaining kidney function. If you haven’t found effective treatments to treat your problems, you can leave your question in the form below or kidneyservice@hotmail.com.
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