Symptoms When People Get Kidney Failure

A boy got fever and foot swelling suddenly, then he was diagnosed with kidney failure. Does this have any relations? What are the common symptoms can be seen in kidney failure? Read on, you can get solutions in following article.

Recently, a very severe thing happened in Mrs. Zhao, her 10 years old son was suddenly diagnosed with kidney failure due to his foot swelling and relapsed fever. When he went to hospital, his kidney failure is very severe, and the doctor has asked patients to take kidney transplant. In fact, if Mrs. Zhao has some knowledge of the symptoms in kidney failure, his son can get prompt and urgent treatment to get a better prognosis.

Here are some of the common symptoms that can happen in kidney failure patients.

1. Body discomforts

When kidneys are damaged, there will be too much toxins and wastes building up in blood, which can cause blood pollution and lead to some severe symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, poor sleep quality, low appetite, skin itching, fatigue, and so on.

2. Swelling

Most of the kidney failure patients can get swelling in body with reduced urine volume and frequent urination. Patients can get swelling in ankles, feet, eyelids, lower legs, and so on. In addition, patients can also get difficult breathing due to swelling.

3. Anemia

When kidneys are damaged, kidneys fail to work well to produce EPO, it can lead to the reduction of red blood cells in blood and cause anemia. When patients get anemia, they can have the symptoms such as feeling cold and weakness.

Besides, patients can also get some other symptoms as follows:

- Blood in urine (tea-color urine or red urine)

- High blood pressure

- Bubbles in urine

- Diarrhea

- Severe thirsty

- Poor sleep quality and sleepiness

Above are some of the common symptoms in kidney failure, so once people some of the symptoms mentioned above, they need to pay attention and go to hospital for early diagnosis. The earlier patients get diagnosis and treatment, the better prognosis they will get.