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Symptoms of Kidney Failure

* At the beginning, kidney failure mugkin asymptomatic (no symptoms at all). As kidney function decreases, symptoms associated with the inability to regulate balance, water balance and electrolyte-electrolyte, to clean waste from the body, and promotes red blood cell production. Lethargy, weakness, shortness of breath, and swelling that commonly occur. Do not realize it or not treated, the circumstances that endanger life can flourish.
* Metabolic acidosis, or increased body acidity caused by the inability to produce bicarbonate, will alter the metabolism of enzymes and oxygen, causing organ failure.
* Inability to issue and the rise in levels of serum potassium (hyperkalemia) is associated with disturbances of a fatal heart rhythm (arrhythmias).
* Increase the levels of urea in the blood (uremia) can affect the function of some organs from the brain (encephalopathy) with a change of thinking, to inflammation of the lining of the heart / heart lining (pericarditis), until muscle function is reduced because the rate- low calcium levels (hypocalcemia).
* General weakness can occur due to anemia, a reduction in the number of red blood cells, because low levels of erythropoietin are not sufficiently stimulate the bone marrow. A decline in the red cells together with a decrease in blood capacity to carry oxygen, resulting in a reduced oxygen supply to the cells for their work; therefore, the body becomes tired quickly. Likewise, the oxygen is reduced, the cells more readily use anaerobic metabolism / anaerobic metabolism (an = without + aerobic = oxygen) leads to an increase in the amount of acid production which can not be handled by the kidneys have failed.
* When waste builds up in blood, loss of appetite, kelesuaan, and fatigue become apparent. It will continue at a point where mental function is reduced and coma may occur.
* Because the kidneys can not handle the increase in acid load in the body, breathing becomes faster because the lungs are trying to neutralize the acidity by releasing carbon dioxide. Blood pressure may rise because of excess fluid and excess fluid can be stored in the lungs, causing congestiv heart failure (congestive heart failure).