Kidney Failure Treatment in Pakistan

Kidney Failure:

Kidney failure or Renal failure is actually when your kidney stops working and acting naturally or a gradual loss of kidney function, as your kidney does not get enough blood for filtration and that thing damages your kidney like a disease.

One of its types is CKD.

What is CKD:

CKD refers to Chronic Kidney Disease, which is a condition in which kidneys do not work perfectly as usual. Chronic Kidney Disease causes severe pain and later if it rests for a long time it tends towards kidney failure.

Chronic Kidney Disease Causes:

There are many causes that affect your kidney, but some people are more at risk than others who are in conditions like:

• Diabetes

• High BP (Blood Pressure)

• Heart Disease

• Genetic Kidney Disease

• Age factors

• Smoking

• Coronary illness

• Having protein in the urine

CKD Symptoms:

In the early stage, when there is something wrong with your kidney function, you might feel symptoms like:

• Itching

• Muscle cramps

• Nausea and vomiting

• Not feeling hungry

• Swelling in your feet and ankles

• Too much urine (pee) or not enough urine

• Trouble catching your breath

• Trouble sleeping

And when this problem reaches to its last stage 5 know as Acute Kidney Failure your symptoms become more severe like:

• Abdominal (belly) pain

• Back pain

• Diarrhea

• Fever

• Nosebleeds

• Rash

• Vomiting

If you start getting symptoms which are mentioned above, then there is something serious for which you should consult with your doctor right away.

CKD Stages:

Below shows the five stages of CKD and GFR for each stage:

• Stage 1 with normal or high GFR (GFR> 90 mL/min)

• Stage 2 Mild CKD (GFR = 60-89 mL/min)

• Stage 3A Moderate CKD (GFR = 45-59 mL/min)

• Stage 3B Moderate CKD (GFR = 30-44 mL/min)

• Stage 4 Severe CKD (GFR = 15-29 mL/min)

• Stage 5 End Stage CKD (GFR

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