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Enfermedad renal ateroembólica - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Enfermedad ateroembólica de los riñones; Síndrome de embolización por colesterol; Ateroembolia renal; Enfermedad renal ateroesclerótica

Síntomas:

La enfermedad renal ateroembólica puede ser asintomática. Si hay síntomas, pueden comenzar de manera súbita o empeorar lentamente durante semanas o incluso meses. Los síntomas pueden abarcar:

  • Ceguera
  • Sangre en la orina (raro)
  • Fiebre, dolores musculares, dolores de cabeza y pérdida de peso
  • Dolor de costado (lados del cuerpo)
  • Dolor en el pie, úlceras en los pies o dedos de los pies de color azulado
  • Hipertensión arterial que es difícil de controlar
  • Dolor abdominal, náuseas o vómitos

La insuficiencia renal puede ocasionar:

  • Disminución en la sensibilidad
  • Ausencia o disminución del gasto urinario
  • Somnolencia, confusión, letargo
  • Piel seca con prurito
  • Inapetencia
  • Náuseas o vómitos
  • Cambios en el color de la piel
  • Hinchazón de las piernas
  • Pérdida de peso

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico. La hinchazón puede comenzar en las piernas, pero puede afectar todo el cuerpo. Un examen de los ojos puede mostrar partículas en las pequeñas arterias de la retina.

El médico auscultará los pulmones, el corazón y los vasos sanguíneos con un estetoscopio. Se pueden escuchar sonidos anormales. Por ejemplo, se puede escuchar un sonido sibilante alto, llamado soplo, sobre la aorta o la arteria renal.

La presión arterial puede estar elevada. Asimismo, puede haber muchas úlceras cutáneas en la parte inferior de los pies.

Los exámenes que se pueden hacer abarcan:

  • Reviewed last on: 6/8/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Herbert Y Lin, MD, PhD, Nephrologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

DuBose TD Jr, Santos RM. Vascular disorders of the kidney. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 126.

Kanso AA, Hassan NMA, Badr KF. Microvascular and macrovascular diseases of the kidney. In: Brenner BM, ed. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa; Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 32.

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