Your kidneys may go back to normal or almost normal with treatment and if you do not have other serious health problems. Having one of the health problems that can lead to kidney failure does not mean that you will definitely have kidney failure. Living a healthy lifestyle and working with your doctor to control these health problems can help your kidneys work for as long as possible.
If your kidneys stop working suddenly acute kidney failure , you may notice one or more of the following symptoms:. Having one or more of any of the symptoms above may be a sign of serious kidney problems.
If you notice any of these symptoms, you should contact your doctor right away. If you have kidney failure end-stage renal disease or ESRD , you will need dialysis or a kidney transplant to live.
There is no cure for ESRD, but many people live long lives while on dialysis or after having a kidney transplant. There are just a few options for treating kidney failure, including kidney transplant and several types of dialysis.
Your doctor can help you figure out which treatment is best for you. Learn more about the treatment options for kidney failure. Learning that you have kidney failure can come as a shock, even if you have known for a long time that your kidneys were not working well.
Having to change your lifestyle to make time for your treatments can make coping with this new reality even harder.
You may have to stop working or find new ways to exercise. You may feel sad or nervous. All is not lost. You can get help to feel better and have a fulfilling life.
You see blood in your urine. Healthy kidneys typically keep the blood cells in the body when filtering wastes from the blood to create urine, but when the kidney's filters have been damaged, these blood cells can start to "leak" out into the urine.
In addition to signaling kidney disease, blood in the urine can be indicative of tumors, kidney stones or an infection. Your urine is foamy. Excessive bubbles in the urine — especially those that require you to flush several times before they go away—indicate protein in the urine.
This foam may look like the foam you see when scrambling eggs, as the common protein found in urine, albumin, is the same protein that is found in eggs.
You're experiencing persistent puffiness around your eyes. This puffiness around your eyes can be due to the fact that your kidneys are leaking a large amount of protein in the urine, rather than keeping it in the body. Your ankles and feet are swollen. Decreased kidney function can lead to sodium retention, causing swelling in your feet and ankles. Swelling in the lower extremities can also be a sign of heart disease, liver disease and chronic leg vein problems.
You have a poor appetite. This is a very general symptom, but a buildup of toxins resulting from reduced kidney function can be one of the causes. Why this happens: Failing kidneys don't remove extra fluid, which builds up in your body causing swelling in the face.
What patients said: My sister, her hair started to fall out, she was losing weight, but her face was really puffy, you know, and everything like that, before she found out what was going on with her. My checks were always puffy and tight. Sometimes they would even hurt.
Why this happens: A build-up of wastes in the blood called uremia can make food taste different and cause bad breath. What patients said: Foul taste in your mouth. Almost like you're drinking iron. I don't have the appetite I had before I started dialysis, I must have lost about 10 pounds.
Why this happens: A build-up of wastes in the blood called uremia can cause bad breath. What patients said: My husband always tells me I have fish breath. Sometimes my breath smells like urine and I need to brush my teeth more often.
Why this happens: A severe build-up of wastes in the blood uremia can also cause nausea and vomiting. What patients said: I had a lot of itching, and I was nauseated, throwing up all the time. I couldn't keep anything down in my stomach. When I got the nausea, I couldn't eat and I had a hard time taking my blood pressure pills.
Why this happens: Kidneys make urine, so when the kidneys are failing, the urine may change. You may urinate more often, or in greater amounts than usual, with pale urine. You may feel pressure or have difficulty urinating. What patients said: My urine is what I had started noticing. Then I was frequently going to the bathroom, and when I got there, nothing's happening.
You think, 'Hey, I've got to go to the john,' and you get there, 2 or 3 drops. I would get up two or three times at night and had lots of pressure each time. Urine may be foamy or bubbly. This can lead to an above-normal amount of protein in the urine. What patients said: The bowl would be filled with bubbles.
Sometimes I would notice my urine being very foamy, so I made an appointment with the doctor. You may urinate less often, or in smaller amounts than usual, with dark-colored urine.
Your urine may contain blood. What patients said: I was passing blood in my urine. It was so dark it looked like grape Kool-Aid. And when I went to the hospital they thought I was lying about what color it was.
I thought I had a urinary infection when I first saw blood in my urine. What patients said: When you go to use the restroom, you couldn't get it all out. And it would still feel just like tightness down there, there was so much pressure.
The pressure was so great, yet it would come out so slow. Like minutes slow. I thougth what is going on here.
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