Early Warning Signals Indicate You May Have Kidney Disease

2015-05-25 06:50

Kidney disease is a common type of chronic diseases for people all over the world, which can be caused by many factors. However, since patients may have no severe symptoms in the early stage of kidney disease, so it is too late when patients found their disease to get treatment. In this article, we will introduce some early warning signals that indicate you may have kidney disease.

Early warning signals indicate you may have kidney disease.

- Swelling (the most common symptom), first occur in lower legs, then face swelling and hands swelling.

- Urine changes, including urine amount, times of urination in a day, characteristics of the urine fluid, symptoms during urination, etc.

- Feeling fatigue more easily than before

- Nausea and vomiting

- Headache and dizziness

- Skin itching, dry skin and skin rashes

- Shortness of breath

- Loss of appetite, bad odour in mouth

- High blood pressure

Above are some of the common symptoms when people suffer from kidney disease, so, if patients get some of the symptoms mentioned above, they need to take early checkups to observe their illness condition, and the early treatment can slow down their progression and make a good prognosis for patients.

Besides, people also need to take regular checkups to prevent kidney disease. If patients have the illness history, such as diabetes, hypertension, infections, heart problems, long intake of pain killers, etc, they may need to take urine test every year to make sure they don’t get the kidney disease.

Once patients were diagnosed with kidney disease, they don’t need to worry. Early and effective treatment can help them control their symptoms and slow down their progression. The earlier patients take the effective treatment, the better prognosis they will have.

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