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Yes, MS can indirectly contribute to kidney issues. While MS doesn't directly damage the kidneys, its symptoms and treatments can put them at risk.
Here's how MS can affect kidney health:
- Bladder problems common in MS can lead to urinary tract infections (UTIs), which if left untreated, can cause kidney stones, kidney Show Full Answer
Eran i Agree with you that some treatments can effect the kidney s
But if the nerves are effectedbyms this is the other problem
Loves ❤️
I was going to say it’s usually the treatment that bothers the kidneys.
I am happy to hear that your bladder is cooperating on its own. I do hope that continues @A MyMSTeam Member! ❤️
ShiningThistle
Yes, MS can affect your kidneys and not necessarily from a U.T.I. as I unfortunately found out in 2011. During the end of 2009 and all of 2010 I started to have problems when I had to pee. Over that time period every time I went to the bathroom I had a harder and harder time to start peeing and the amount I went kept decreasing as well. Then in February of 2011 I was admitted to the hospital for cellulitis in my left leg. That started after I had three surgeries for Necrotizing Fasciitis - I was hospitalized with it 3 times. During this hospitalization my bladder completely shut down. My doc called in a urologist on consult to figure out what was going on. After doing a blood test called a BUN - don't remember what they stand for - but it showed one level was way to high and they knew what was happening. My bladder had completely shut down because of my MS. So the solution was to have a catheter inserted (I had an indwelling catheter to begin with but then but shortly afterwards I had a Supra-Pubic catheter inserted straight into my abdomen and into my bladder because it was the only way I could pee. In 2014 the nurse working that day came into my room (I live in a nursing home home) to change it and when she went to put the new catheter in it wouldn't go in. So, off to the ER I went but they couldn't get it to go in either so the doc started to tell me that I had 2 choices. One was to go home and see how I did without it and 2 was... I didn't give him a chance to tell me what it was cuz knew it was to stay on the hospital and have it reinserted. I didn't let him get any further and I told him that I was going home. I praise Jesus because I haven't had any problems with my bladder until earlier this year. I am starting to gave the same problem that I had before and I will let my urology nurse practitioner know if it starts to get any worse than it is now. It is still doing ok. It's nice to know that some problems caused by the MS can correct itself. I wish you well and find yourself a good neurologist before things out of control. Best wishes!
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