Top 6 Symptoms for People with Stage 4 Kidney Failure

2014-08-25 09:02

Kidney failure refers to the gradually reduced kidney function, which can be caused by many kinds of kidney diseases. Usually, kidney failure can be divided into 5 stages, and stage 4 kidney failure means the kidneys have been damaged severely, and patients have kidney function about 15%-29%. In this stage, kidney failure patients will suffer from some obvious symptoms which will affect their life quality. So patients need to know the possible symptoms and have proper management to these symptoms, and this can help slow down the progression of kidney failure.

Here are top 6 symptoms for people with stage 4 kidney failure.

1. Fatigue and tiredness all the time

As we know, kidneys have the function of filtering toxins and wastes in blood, and kidneys can also secrete EPO, which can help produce enough red blood cells. However, for stage 4 kidney failure patients, about 70% kidney function has been damaged, and the kidneys fail to work normally, so the harmful products will build up in blood and the lack of EPO will cause anemia foe kidney failure patients. Therefore, the building up of wastes and lack of red blood cells will cause patients feeling fatigue and tiredness all the time.

2. High blood pressure

High blood pressure is a common symptom for kidney failure, so stage 4 kidney failure patients often have the symptom of high blood pressure. And the high blood pressure can also cause further damage to kidneys.

3. Urination changes

For stage 4 kidney failure patients, they often have urination changed in their daily life. They may have foamy urine which means loss of protein in urine, and they may also have blood urine. Besides, they may also have frequent urination at night or less urination.

4. Swelling

Swelling is also a common symptom for stage 4 kidney failure patients, which is mainly caused by the kidney damage. When kidneys are damaged severely, the excess fluid will build up in body and cant be excreted by kidneys. So patients will have swelling in faces, ankles, legs, hands or abdomen, and severe swelling will cause shortness of breath, lung edema, etc.

5. Nausea and vomiting

Because of the kidney damage and reduced kidney function, people may suffer from electrolyte imbalance, deposits of uremic toxins and so on, these may affect the gastrointestinal tract function disorder, then stage 4 kidney failure patients may suffer from nausea and vomiting.

6. Muscle cramps

For stage 4 kidney failure patients, they may suffer from muscle cramps which can be caused by low calcium level, cold exposure, heavy loss of potassium and so on.

Above are the top 6 symptoms for people with stage 4 kidney failure, so patients need to pay attention to these symptoms. If they have some of these symptoms, they should have effective and prompt treatment to control their symptoms, which can help reduce the kidney burden and prevent further damage to kidneys.

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