What Would Be the Complications for Stage 4 Renal Failure Patients

2015-04-19 02:22

What would be the complications for stage 4 renal failure patients? Renal failure, or kidney failure, refers to the gradually reduction of kidney function, and depending on the GFR, kidney failure can be divided into 5 stages. Stage 4 renal failure means the kidneys have been damaged severely, and patients will suffer from some complications with the low kidney function.

Here are some of the possible complications for stage 4 renal failure patients.

1. Anemia

Anemia is the most common complication for kidney failure patients when they develop into advanced stage, which refers to the lack of red blood cells, low hemoglobin level and reduction of red blood cell count. And the anemia can be caused by many factors, such as reduction of EPO, lack of iron, leakage out of red blood cells in urine, gastrointestinal bleeding, etc.

2. Bone disorders

When the kidneys cant work well in stage 4 renal failure, the kidneys will fail to remove excess phosphorus out, which can lead to low calcium level in blood, then patients ill easily get bone disorders with the renal failure.

3. Cardiovascular risk

For stage 4 renal failure patients, they are at high risk of getting the cardiovascular disease, which can be life-threatening for them, and the cardiovascular risk can be related to hypertension, diabetes, anemia, inflammation, proteinuria, etc. In order to prevent the cardiovascular disease, patients need to pay attention to these factors and take effective treatment to control it.

4. Malnutrition

For stage 4 renal failure patients, they need to keep a well planed diet, and there are some limitations for their diet, so patients will easily get malnutrition with the restriction of diet.

Above are some of the common complications for Stage 4 renal failure patients. In order to prevent these complications, patients need to take effective treatment to remedy the kidney failure and improve their kidney function. If you want to get more details of the treatment for stage 4 renal failure patients, you can consult online doctor, or you can also leave a message below.

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