30 years old with chronic kidney failure, warning of risks from common habits in young people?

Irregular eating and living habits are one of the factors that promote and increase the number of people with chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease is getting younger, many people in their 30s have the disease.

Doctor examines a patient with chronic kidney failure being treated at Bach Mai Hospital - Photo: BVCC

30 years old with chronic kidney failure

Recently, the Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis of Bach Mai Hospital has received 30-40 new patients per day. Notably, among the hospitalized patients, there are more and more people under 30 years old, the age group that is the main labor force in the family.

Dr. Nghiem Trung Dung - Director of the Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis - said that there are many young people being treated at the center, most of whom are hospitalized due to chronic glomerulonephritis. There are very young people who have end-stage kidney disease.

As one of the kidney failure patients, Mr. M. (30 years old, in Bac Giang ) shared that 5 years ago, while at work, he had symptoms of stomach pain and nausea. After being examined at the district hospital, he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure.

"When I received the diagnosis, I was very surprised because I had no symptoms before, and I was still living and working normally. Now my life has been turned upside down, I want to work but my health does not allow it, I cannot even live normally," Mr. M. shared.

Like Mr. M., Mr. H. (30 years old in Hanoi ) was warned about the presence of protein in his urine after a routine health check-up in 2020.

Mr. H. was instructed to monitor and treat with medication. In 2022, he went to Bach Mai Hospital for a re-examination and was shocked to be diagnosed with chronic kidney failure and was treated conservatively with a regular diet and medication.

Recently, he experienced additional symptoms such as nausea, insomnia, and taste changes. Mr. H. went to the hospital for examination and was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure requiring replacement treatment.

"My kidney function is now below 10%. I chose the artificial kidney method and am waiting for autologous arteriovenous shunting to filter my blood first, then I will consider a kidney transplant," said Mr. H.

According to Dr. Pham Tien Dung, Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis, the center regularly receives many cases like the two patients above. Even though the patient was only 15-16 years old when diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, it was already in the final stage.

"Most patients come to us too late, and things are almost irreversible. If detected early, we can slow down the progression of kidney disease," said Dr. Dung.

Dr. Dung added that if the disease is not detected in the early stages, the cost of treatment is not only more expensive but the time for conservative treatment is also not long.

"Many patients come to the center in the emergency dialysis stage, when their kidneys are in severe failure, accompanied by many complications in organs such as the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, etc., limiting the patient's choice in kidney replacement therapy.

There are patients whose families are well-off and whose parents can donate a kidney, but whose heart failure is too severe, the patient cannot undergo a kidney transplant. At that time, they are forced to accept the best option, which is peritoneal dialysis or artificial kidney," Dr. Trung Dung shared.

Risks from living and eating habits

Kidney disease often develops silently, with no obvious symptoms in the early stages. Many patients are discovered by chance during routine health check-ups.

According to Dr. Dung, the trend of younger people with kidney failure is related to many issues, in which, in addition to the cause of glomerulonephritis, the irregular eating and living habits of young people are also risk factors that promote early metabolic diseases, causing many diseases including chronic kidney disease.

"Young people today use too many drinks of unknown origin, eat a lot of convenient foods like instant noodles with high salt content, plus have irregular living habits that are not in accordance with biological rhythms.

"Sleeping too late and being lazy leads to obesity. These are risk factors for many diseases, including kidney disease," Dr. Trung Dung emphasized.

Chronic kidney disease, when detected early, brings many benefits such as helping to prolong the time of conservative treatment with low treatment costs, effectiveness, and few follow-up visits...

But when the disease is detected at a late stage, it leads to high treatment costs, shortened conservative treatment time, greatly affecting the patient's health and quality of life.

When kidney disease is detected at the end stage, there are only three options: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation. Whichever option is chosen, the burden of the disease will follow the patient and their family for the rest of their lives.

"Not only kidney disease but also many other diseases, the only way to detect early is to have regular health check-ups, however many people do not have this habit, even lazy and afraid to go to medical facilities for health check-ups.

People need to pay attention to regular health check-ups to detect diseases early and treat them effectively. In addition, change your lifestyle to prevent diseases," Dr. Dung advised.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/30-tuoi-da-mac-suy-than-man-canh-bao-nguy-co-tu-thoi-quen-pho-bien-nao-o-nguoi-tre-20250114090353224.htm