Mouth Odor of Ammonia in Stage 4 CKD: Cause and Treatment

Mouth Odor of Ammonia in Stage 4 CKD: Cause and Treatment Stage 4 CKD patients often complain about that they are bothered by mouth odor of ammonia which often make them vomiting and nausea. Especially in the morning, the mouth odor of ammonia is more serious. This article will have a analysis about the cause of this symptom and give Stage 4 CKD patients some treatment suggestions.

The cause of mouth odor of ammonia in stage 4 CKD

In a word, the main reason is the injured kidney can not excrete the metabolism wastes effectively, so that the toxins level in body will increase, including the urea nitrogen.

1. The too much urea can diffuse into intestinal tract from the blood vessels, at the work of urease, the urea can be decomposed into ammonia. Due to the injured kidney, Stage 4 CKD patients usually also suffer from digestive system disorder, so the urease in intestinal tract will overwork and the ammonia will increase. Ammonia are excreted from mouth, leading to mouth odor of ammonia.

2. The content of urea in saliva also is high in stage 4 CKD patients. However the urea can be degraded into ammonia. This is why patients suffer mouth odor of ammonia.

3. The high urea also can be diffused into pulmonary alveoli though the pulmonary circulation and be excreted with breathe, so patients feel the mouth odor of ammonia.

Treatment for Stage 4 CKD patients with mouth odor of ammonia

According to what we mentioned, Stage 4 CKD patients who want to get rid of mouth of odor of ammonia need try their best to improve kidney function, increase the excretion of toxins and lower the urea level in blood.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the special treatment for Stage 4 CKD patients. The active substances in medicine has the functions of expending blood vessels to remit the condition of kidney insufficient blood and oxygen, cleaning the immune complexes to inhibiting the ultra immune responses on kidney and supporting nutrition to repair the injured kidney.

All in all, at the work of our Chinese Medicine, the kidney functions can be improved and when the urea level in blood is lowered, the mouth odor of ammonia will disappear naturally. Now you must have a clear idea about the cause and treatment for Stage 4 CKD with ammonia, and if you want to know more, contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.