07/10/2022
Your kidneys may be small, but this pair of organs is powerful enough to clean your body’s blood in less than an hour. Failing kidneys can make you critically ill because toxins and excess liquid are not released from the body as they should. However, unlike diseases affecting your other vital organs, kidney disease is not noticeable until the late stages. How then can you know if something is wrong?
Signs and Symptoms of Kidney Disease
More often than not, warning signs of kidney disease are misconstrued as signs and symptoms of other conditions. This is one of the reasons why most people who develop acute or chronic kidney disease do not realize they are sick at the time.
There are common warning signs if you take careful notice.
Abnormal urine output – As kidneys regulate the amount of liquid in the body, the quality and quantity of your urine can give you clues if they are still functioning properly.
1. Frequent urination or not enough urination – The kidneys release excess liquid in your body. If you feel the need to frequently p*e, or want to p*e but cannot, that might be an indicator that your kidneys are not functioning optimally.
2. Dark or bloody urine – As your kidneys fail to filter substances in your system, so do these impurities collect in your urine, making it appear unusually darker
3. Foamy urine – Kidneys usually keep valuable proteins in your blood after filtration. However, declining kidney function may not be able to keep proteins in your system thus releasing them into urine. This causes the urine to look foamy and cloudy.
