Options For Treating Azotemia

Underlying Condition Treatment

In many cases of azotemia, there is an underlying condition causing it, and treating this underlying condition can make azotemia go away. This is especially the case with prerenal azotemia and postrenal azotemia, since they are both characterized by problems outside of the kidneys.

Prerenal azotemia, which accounts for almost seventy percent of azotemia cases, is the one with the highest chance of being caused by an underlying condition. Some of these conditions can be burns, heat exposure, heart failure, shock, or artery blockages. Postrenal azotemia is characterized by blockages in the tubes leaving the kidney. Some of the causes are tumors, a urinary catheter, or an enlarged prostate. In all of these cases mentioned, azotemia can disappear when the underlying condition is treated in a timely manner.

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