Chronic Kidney Disease Symptoms In Elderly

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a progressive disease with long course and may occur in children, adult and elderly. And for elderly people, they are more likely to suffer from chronic kidney problem, so it is necessary for them to learn the basic symptoms of this disease, which will help them have a timely diagnosis.

Chronic kidney disease symptoms in elderly go as follow:

1.Blood and bubbles in urine

2.Elevated blood pressure

3.Swelling around the eyes, in the face, in the legs, inside the ankles and in the testis for male. In addition, welling may occurs in the whole body in serious cases.

4.Nausea, vomit, poor appetite and metabolic taste in mouth

5.Frequent urination at night and decreased urine output

6.Kidney infection and urinary tract infection

7.Kidney pain/lower back pain/flank pain

8.Fatigue/tiredness

9.Itching skin/dry skin

10.Shortness of breath/deep breath

11.Renal Anemia

12.Abnormal blood tests for Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN), Creatinine and GFR

The above are the possible Chronic Kidney Disease symptoms. Because of different causes and positions of kidney damages, elderly patients may suffer from different symptoms. Without effective control or management, these symptoms will become more and more serious and affect patient’s illness condition directly. Therefore, if elderly found they are happen to have some or all the above symptoms, they need to go to hospital for further examination, so as to found out if they are caused by Chronic Kidney Disease.