how do you know when your kidney are bad?
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If you feel the need to urinate more often, especially at night, this can be a sign of kidney disease. When the kidneys filters are damaged, it can cause an increase in the urge to urinate. Sometimes this can also be a sign of a urinary infection or enlarged prostate in men. You see blood in your urine.
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['Hematuria (blood in urine) is the most common presenting sign of renal injury.', 'Right or left abdominal pain, mild or severe depending on rupture.', 'Muscle guarding.', 'Low back pain.', 'Abdominal bruising, swelling, and pain.']
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If your kidneys stop working completely, your body fills with extra water and waste products. This condition is called uremia. Your hands or feet may swell. You will feel tired and weak because your body needs clean blood to function properly.
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A severe decrease in kidney function can lead to a buildup of toxins and impurities in the blood. This can cause people to feel tired, weak and can make it hard to concentrate. Another complication of kidney disease is anemia, which can cause weakness and fatigue.
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['A burning feeling when you pee.', 'A frequent or intense urge to pee, even though little comes out when you do.', 'Cloudy, dark, bloody, or strange-smelling pee.', 'Feeling tired or shaky.', 'Fever or chills (a sign that the infection may have reached your kidneys)']
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Symptoms of kidney failure a reduced amount of urine. swelling of your legs, ankles, and feet from retention of fluids caused by the failure of the kidneys to eliminate water waste. unexplained shortness of breath. excessive drowsiness or fatigue.
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Healthy kidneys remove wastes and excess fluid from the blood. Blood and urine tests show how well the kidneys are doing their job and how quickly body wastes are being removed. Urine tests can also detect whether the kidneys are leaking abnormal amounts of protein, a sign of kidney damage.
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Symptoms of kidney infection Symptoms of a kidney infection often come on within a few hours. You can feel feverish, shivery, sick and have a pain in your back or side. In addition to feeling unwell like this, you may also have symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI) such as cystitis.
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After approximately 2/3 of the kidney tissue is destroyed, there is a rapid rise in waste products in the bloodstream and an apparent sudden onset of severe disease. The clinical signs of more advanced kidney failure include loss of appetite, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, and very bad breath.
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Kidney Disease Your kidneys get rid of waste and extra fluid from your body. One of the first signs that something is wrong is puffiness in your fingers, feet, and around your eyes. You're more likely to get kidney disease if you have diabetes or high blood pressure.
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In kidney failure, the kidneys lose their ability to filter enough waste products from the blood and to regulate the body's balance of salt and water. Eventually, the kidneys slow their production of urine, or stop producing it completely. Waste products and water accumulate in the body.
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When the kidneys are not working well, your hormone system, which regulates blood pressure, has to work harder to increase blood supply to the kidneys. When this happens, your heart has to pump harder, which can lead to heart disease.
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['You are feeling tired. ... ', 'You are having digestive problems. ... ', 'Your eyes are sore. ... ', 'You have an increased risk of kidney stones. ... ', 'You have bad breath. ... ', 'You have aching joints. ... ', 'You have a headache. ... ', 'Your cholesterol levels are higher than normal.']
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If your kidneys stop working suddenly (acute kidney failure), you may notice one or more of the following symptoms: Abdominal (belly) pain. Back pain. Diarrhea.
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['fever.', 'pain on the lower sides of your back, where your kidneys are located.', 'nausea and vomiting.', 'extreme tiredness.', 'decreased urine output.', 'inability to think clearly.', 'difficulty breathing.', 'abnormal heart function.']
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The clinical signs of more advanced kidney failure include loss of appetite, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, and very bad breath. Occasionally, ulcers will be found in the mouth.
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Symptoms can include: blood in your pee – you may notice your pee is darker than usual or reddish in colour. a persistent pain in your lower back or side, just below your ribs. a lump or swelling in your side (although kidney cancer is often too small to feel)