The common causes of kidney failure

The kidneys are two bean shaped organs that perform vital life maintaining fuctions. The fuctions of the kidneys are removal of waste products ( urea, uraemic and toxins ) from the body, also removal of excess water from the body and helps in regulation of blood pressure. Unfortunately, kidney disease may be silent with no signs until it has become very advanced. Therefore screening is advisable for those at high risk of getting kidney disease. In malaysia, 2500 new patients are diagonosed to have End Stage Renal Failure ( ESRT ) yearly. The total number of patients dialysing in Malaysia currently is 14,512 as on 31/1/2007.

People who is at high risk for developing kidney disease and the high risk factors are if you are having high pressure , having diabetes mellitus, having protein or blood in the urine, having a single functioning kidney, having an autoimmune disease like SLE Rheumatoid arthritis, having history of chronic ingestion of pain killers or herbal preparations, having history of renal disease and having heart disease.

The symptoms of kidneys failure are tireness, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. Others symptoms are swelling of face, feet and body, difficulty in breathing, frothy urine or blood in the urine, decreased quantity of urine, itchiness of skin and no symptoms in early disease.