What Are The Symptoms of Chronic Renal Failure

Chronic Renal Failure refers to the process that kidney’s three major functions begin to decline progressively and irreversibly, and a serious of symptoms and metabolic disorders occur along with. There are many obvious symptoms of CRF in every stage. Here i will show you:

Symptoms in nerve system

Symptoms in early stage may have insomnia, attention-deficit disorder and hypomnesis, and in later stage symptoms like headache, somnolence and coma may appear.

Symptoms in digestive system

Patient may have symptoms like nausea, vomit, loss of appetite, and urine taste in mouth. Some patient may have the symptom of bleeding in digestive tract, which is mainly caused by erosion of gastric mucosa and peptic ulcer.

Symptoms in cardiovascular system

Patient may find he got heart failure, high blood pressure, and atherosclerosis, etc. These diseases are mainly caused by acidosis, anemia and the accumulation of poisonous substances.

Symptoms in respiratory system

Symptoms like short breath, deep breath and pulmonary edema may be found. The major reasons of these diseases are fluid retention, acidosis, and cardiac insufficiency.

Symptoms about skin

High phosphorus level, high parathormone level, and the poisonous substances in blood may cause skin itching. Patient may also has the symptom of dry skin, which is mainly caused by the reducing of body fluid.

Metabolic disorders of water, electrolytes and acid-base

Patient may have metabolic acidosis, which is caused by glomeruli excreting hydrogen ion abnormally or the decline of glomerular absorption to HCO3-. Many metabolic disorders also appear in the process, such as water, sodium, potassium,calcium and phosphorus, etc.

Metabolic disorders of protein and sugar

The major presentation of protein metabolic disorders are azotemia, the decline of serum albumin level and the decline of necessary amino acid level. Metabolic disorders of sugar mainly behave as the decrease of sugar tolerance and hypoglycemia.

These above are the main symptoms of Chronic Renal Failure. Patients should know their condition well, so they can have accurate treatments for their diseases. If you have chronic renal failure and some symptoms the above mentioned, you can describe them to the online doctor so he can give you some suggestions in time.