Medical consequences of heroin injection use include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, as well as liver and/or kidney disease ("heroin nephropathy"). Lung complications (including various types of pneumonia and tuberculosis) may result from the poor health condition of the abuser as well as from heroin's depressing effects on respiration. Many of the additives in street heroin may include substances that do not readily dissolve and result in clogging the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain. This can cause infection or even death of small patches of cells in vital organs. Immune reactions to these or other contaminants can cause Arthritis or other rheumatologic problems. Of course, sharing of injection equipment or fluids can lead to some of the most severe consequences of heroin abuse - infections with hepatitis B and C, HIV, and a host of other bloodborne viruses, which drug abusers can then pass on to their sexual partners and children. SOURCE: http://drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/Heroin/heroin3.html#chronic
Kidney failure. This may sometimes be reversed, and patients can be assisted by dialysis for a time, but complete failure needs a transplant.
Certain types of glomerulonephritis are treatable, and may only cause a temporary disruption of kidney functioning
Coffee can help cause kidney stones. Kidney stones form in the kidneys and cause great pain to the kidneys and urinary tract.
Chronic renal failure
Renal failure is a serious medical condition affecting the kidneys. When a person suffers from renal failure, their kidneys are not functioning properly or no longer work at all. Renal failure can be a progressive disease or a temporary one depending on the cause and available treatment options.
Can Heroin cause Kidney Stones
It is a very unlikely cause of kidney failure(if it is large and bilateral or affect the only existing kidney) .
i dont think they would cause kidney failure, but it would cause lots of other problems.
Yes
It is not as simple as that, but kidney failure can be a cause of death.
The medication Pentasa can cause kidney function problems but not complete failure. It also can cause chest pain and trouble breathing.
Yes
Yes
kidney failure
If left untreated kidney stones can cause permanent damage to your kidney
Prolonged, repeated dehydration.
Yes