By Andy Stein, Janet Wild, Richenda Milton-Thompson, David Woodroffe, Jane Taylor
An available reference consultant aimed toward kidney failure victims and their households offering authoritative and sensible information regarding coping with a kidney situation from the preliminary analysis to suggestions for coping. clinical phrases are defined in layman's language and questions are spoke back that sufferers should be afraid to invite their medical professionals. a listing of agencies to touch for extra aid and help is additionally incorporated.
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Doesn’t the body get all the vitamin D it needs from my ordinary diet? Normally this is true, but if you have kidney failure the body is unable to make use of the vitamin D you eat. This means you will need to take an active form of the vitamin (such as Alfacalcidol) as a supplement. Kidney D&T ayf 10/6/04 6:43 am Page 47 Treatment of kidney failure 47 Symptoms and what to do about them What are the symptoms of kidney failure? In the early stages of kidney failure there are often no symptoms. Later on, some or all of the following may be experienced: • • • • • • • • • • • • itching tiredness and weakness loss of appetite poor concentration restless legs leg cramps swollen ankles shortness of breath poor sleeping poor sex drive feeling cold alteration in taste.
How does the doctor know how fast my kidney failure is progressing? I am a very busy person and want to know the date I will start dialysis. The rate at which kidney failure worsens varies from patient to patient. The doctor will get an idea of how fast your kidneys are failing, by looking at the creatinine level in the blood, and the amount it rises from one clinic appointment to another. So, for example, if your creatinine is 160 (about 75% kidney function) now, and 140 six months ago (still about 75% function), it would be difficult to say anything.
It can be applied to patients when all other causes of kidney disease have been excluded. It is presumed that chronic pyelonephritis is related to recurrent infections of the kidney. However this is often difficult to prove, bringing into doubt the idea that recurrent infections cause chronic pyelonephritis. There is more evidence that reflux nephropathy exists. The theory goes like this. Reflux nephropathy describes the passage of urine back up the drainage tubes from the bladder towards the kidneys.