Kidney Disease Symptoms Reviews & Tips

Early kidney disease does not show any kidney disease symptoms. Sometime people who do not feel sick may have chronic kidney disease.

Kidney failure and End-stage renal disease (ESRD) are commonly caused by high blood pressure. The force of blood against the walls of the blood vessels is measured and known as blood pressure. Blood pressure becomes higher due to the increase of the amount of fluid in blood vessels. Other factors which also raise the blood pressure are narrow, stiff or clogged blood vessels.

Blood vessels throughout the body can be damaged by high blood pressure which makes the heart work harder. The wastes and extra fluid from the body cannot be removed if the blood vessels in the kidneys are damaged. Therefore the blood pressure may then increase even more as a result of the extra fluid in the blood vessels. Keeping the blood pressure under control is one thing that possibly will help to avoid kidney failure.

Having some simple medical test is the way to detect if someone has chronic kidney disease such as urine test for protein and a blood test for creatinine. How well the kidneys filter wastes from the blood is determined by someone’s glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The measurement of creatinine in the blood is estimated by GFR.

Creatinine is a waste product which is taken out from the blood and put into the urine. Healthy kidneys do the job. The increase of creatinine in the blood is a symptom showing the kidneys are not working well.

Protein in the urine is another symptom of chronic kidney disease. Healthy kidneys separate a blood protein called albumin from the wastes. A condition known as microabuminuria is a sign of failing kidney function shows there is a small amount of albumin in the urine. Proteinuria is a condition when the amount of albumin and other proteins in the urine escalates as kidney function get worsen.

Other  warning signs or symptoms are easy bruising or bleeding, foamy and bloody or coffee-colored urine, swelling of parts of the body like the ankles, feet or face, urinating more often especially at night, burning or unusual sensation during urination, systemic edema, anemia, skin itching, nausea, vomiting, electrolyte imbalance, acidosis, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen.