Signs and Symptos of Kidney Disease

Kidney neither beats like heart, nor aches like stomach for eating too much. It grins and bears, acting as a scavenger silently, filtering and cleaning metabolites. That is the reason why it always hurts silently (chronic) over time.

However, for people at any stage of kidney disease, knowledge is power. The symptoms of worsening kidney function are unspecific, and might include feeling generally unwell. Knowing signs and symptoms of kidney disease can help you get the best treatment.

Signs and Symptoms show that Chronic Kidney Disease will emerge:

• Hyperkalemia with a range of symptoms including malaise and potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias.
• Hypertention: increased due to fluid overload and production of vasoactive hormones created by the kidney via the RAS (renin-angiotensin system).
• Unexplained anemia, itchy skin: Kidneys remove wastes from the bloodstream. When the kidneys fail, the buildup of wastes in your blood can cause severe itching, cramps, bleeding gums and so on.Urea is excreted by sweating and crystallizes on skin ("uremic frost").
• Metabolic acidosis caused by accumulation of phosphates, sulfates, uric acid etc.
• You may have to get up at night to urinate.
• Swelling in the legs, ankles, feet, face, and/or hands.Have swollen in the legs, face, feet and ankles.
• Urine may be foamy or bubbly. You may urinate more often, or in greater amounts than usual, with pale urine, and urine protein excretions increase.
• You may urinate less often, or in smaller amounts than usual with dark colored urine, urine may contain blood (hematuria). A buildup of wastes in the blood (called uremia) can make food taste different (have a poor appetite) and cause bad breath (Ammonia Breath).
• Fatigue.
• Feel tired, soreness of waist and lumbago.
• Shortness of Breath.
• Leg/Flank Pain.
• Have muscle cramping at night.
• Have trouble concentrating.

Remember, some of the signs and symptoms can be due to reasons other than acute or chronic kidney disease. So, consult to your doctor is recommended.