How Should I Know I Have Kidney Disease

We all know that kidney disease especially chronic kidney disease is not easy to be cured. One reason is that often illness conditions have been very serious and more than 50% kidney functions have been lost when patients have obvious discomforts and go to see the doctor.

Actually if kidney disease can be diagnosed in the very early stage, renal damages can be reversed and further deterioration of kidney functions can be prevented. The following are the typical symptoms that can occur in the early stage of kidney disease.

Symptoms of early stage kidney disease include swelling, bubbles in urine, fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, headache, etc.

Tests for diagnosing kidney disease

If you have been suffering from the above mentioned symptoms without obvious reasons and this lasts for long time, it is necessary that you go to the local hospital to have an early check to see if there is any kidney problems.

The following are some simple tests for preliminary diagnosis of kidney disease. They include routine blood test, routine urine test, kidney function test, etc. For further evaluation of the patient’s illness conditions, 24-h urine protein, urine protein electrophoresis, hematuria position diagnosis, examination of urine sediment will be preformed to have more detailed and clear understanding of the illness and provide more accurate guidance for the following treatment.

High risk factors of kidney disease

Because of the great compensatory ability of the kidneys, it is not always easy to have an early detection of kidney disease. Therefore early and effective prevention is very important. Knowing what are the high risk factors that can cause kidney damages so as to have effective prevention measures. Early prevention is the best treatment for kidney disease. Hypertension, diabetes, auto-immune diseases are the leading causes of chronic kidney disease, therefore if you have these illness conditions, it is necessary to have regular tests especially if you begin to show the above mentioned symptoms.

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