Be Alert About Kidney Failure Complications

Kidney failure is the end result of kidney problem, but according to clinical investigation many patients do not die of failed kidney, but its complications. Therefore, as a kidney failure patient, being alert about these fatal complications is very necessary. Now let's found out what are the common kidney failure complications.

1. Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease is the most common seen kidney failure complication and also the major cause for kidney failure patient's death. Clinical investigation date show 45% to 60% kidney failure patients finally die of this problem, so preventing cardiovascular disease is essential for kidney failure patients to live a longer and better life.

Among kidney failure patients, common cardiovascular diseases include heart failure, myocarditis, pericarditis, hydropericardium, hydropericardiumand atherosis and so on.

2. Neurologic disorder

In early stage of kidney failure, patients may have symptoms of poor concentration, poor memory and insomnia. When kidney failure develops to advanced stage, delirium, convulsions, hallucination, coma, insanity, numb limb, restless leg syndrome and some other similar conditions appear. For kidney failure patients, if they found they have symptoms, they need to be alert and found out whether they are caused by neurologic disorder.

3. Damages on respiratory system

Both serious swelling and acidosis cause shortness of breath and hard breath. At that moment, kidney failure patients need to consider whether they are suffering pleural effusion and pulmonary edema.

4. Complication in blood system

For kidney failure patients, the most obvious complications in blood system are renal anemia and bleeding tendency like gastrointestinal bleeding, cerebral hemorrhage and subcutaneous hemorrhage and so on.

5. Kidney failure complications in gastrointestinal tract.

Gastrointestinal complications caused by kidney failure include poor appetite, nausea, vomit, bad taste in mouth and so on. These conditions are generally caused by gastric mucosa fester and peptic ulcer.

These are the most commonly seen kidney failure complications. To live a better and longer life, we must prevent them in advance and also once an individual with kidney failure found he is suffering all or some of these complications, going to hospital for medical treatment is the best and only option.