What is Kidney Failure:
This blog is about symptoms, causes and treatment of kidney failure. If a person’s one kidney or both are not working properly then we say that person has kidney failure. We can also say that the person has renal failure. Our kidneys are located in the region of our lower back. Our kidneys remove toxins from our bodies and filter our blood. These toxins accumulate in our bladder and when we urinate these toxins are eliminated. different problems of kidney occurs when our kidney loses the ability to eliminate these toxins from our blood. Many factors are involved In kidney failure like:
- severe dehydration
- contaminated water with certain medications and environmental pollutants
- other acute and chronic diseases
- kidney Injury
When our body is overloaded with toxins because the kidney is not working properly. This condition leads to failure of kidney . If this problem remains untreated it can lead to death.
Symptoms of kidney failure:
In its early stage doesn’t show some major symptoms. Research shows that about 90% of people with kidney problems do not know that they have this complication. Signs and symptoms of failure of kidney appear gradually. Symptoms of kidney failure includes:
- Swelling of our legs, feet, and ankles
- Difficulty in breathing
- Urine amount is reduced
- Fatigue and excessive drowsiness
- Unexpected pressure or pain in our chest
Early signs of kidney failure:
It is difficult to point out the symptoms of early-stage kidney failure. We can hardly identify them. Its early signs may include:
- Difficulty in breathing
- Swelling in the legs and ankles that is caused by fluid retention due to damage kidney
- Decrease in amount of urine
- Irregular heartbeat
Urine color of a person with kidney problems:
Our body’s health can be estimated a little bit by the color of our urine. At an early stage urine color does not tell us about the functioning of the kidney until our kidney damage has progressed. But changes in urine color have the signs of some kidney issues.
- Dark yellow: Dark yellow color of urine is a sign that maybe we are dehydrated. We should try to avoid sodas, tea, or coffee and try to drink more water
- Pale yellow or clear urine: This is the ideal color of urine. Pale yellow or clear color of urine indicates that we are fully hydrated.
- Orange urine: Orange color of urine is a sign of bile in our bloodstream and also it indicates that we may have dehydration.
- Red or pink urine color: Red or pink color of urine indicates that our urine has blood In it which is caused by some foods such as strawberries and beets.
- Foamy urine: Excessive amount of bubbles in urine indicate that our urine has a lot of proteins in it; this is a sign of kidney disease.
Causes of kidney failure:
Several causes and conditions lead to kidney diseases. The common causes of kidney problems according to the National Kidney Foundation, diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common causes. Its other causes may include:
- Loss of blood flow to the kidney due to many factors such as heart attack, dehydration, heart disease, and severe infections or allergic reactions.
- Elimination problems of urine are also a cause of kidney failure and these elimination problems are caused by blockage of the urine passageways by some types of cancers such as cancer in the colon, cervical, and prostate. Other reasons for urine elimination problems are maybe kidney stones and blood clots in our urinary tract.
Treatment of kidney problems:
There are many types of treatments for the kidney problems and these treatments depend upon the condition of kidney as well as causes of kidney problem. Its treatments include dialysis, kidney transplant, modifications in lifestyle, limiting alcohol intake, and changes In diet.
