2013年1月3日星期四
How Much Do You Know about End-Stage Renal Failure
End-stage kidney disease means that the kidney completely or almost completely fails to work. Kidney is an important organ to remove the wastes and excessive fluid from the blood to maintain healthy. When it turns into end-stage kidney disease, your kidneys will not remove wastes and fluid which can accumulate in the body causing life-threatening complications.
Person with end-stage kidney disease can experience the symptoms including:
Itching and dry skin
Headache
Weight loss
Nausea and vomiting especially in the morning
Fatigue
No urine output or reduced urine volume
Numbness in the hands, feet
Swelling of the feet and hands
Without interest in sexual life
Sleep problem
Different people with end-stage renal failure will experience different symptoms. If you find the illness condition become worse, go to see a doctor and do some tests. They are:
Blood test. In the blood test, the BUN and creatinine are higher than normal level.
Urine test.
Kidney function test.
A test for GFR
Other tests
Regarding the treatment for end-stage kidney disease, dialysis and kidney treatment are the conventional treatment. But the dialysis is not a cure which can not treat your kidney disease from the underlying causes. Your kidney will continuously be damaged by the toxins in the body during undergoing dialysis. Kidney transplant is better method to keep survive for patients with end-stage kidney disease. However, a fact stop us that people need a long-term wait for available kidney on the list. Is there any other treatment for end-stage kidney disease? More information on new treatment for end-stage kidney disease, you can email me at khkpcn@hotmail.com.
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