Patient's question:
Doctor, I would like to ask, why does kidney failure cause patients to lose weight?Doctor's answer:
Hello, according to the situation you described: Patients with kidney failure experience a decrease in appetite and are unable to digest sufficient nutrients. Patients with kidney failure excrete a large amount of protein in their urine. Due to insufficient food digestion, the body is forced to compress its muscle protein, or it can consume fat to convert it into protein to provide for urinary metabolism. As a result, body fat gradually increases, while muscle also increases, leading to gradual weight loss.