End-stage renal disease is just what it sounds like. It is when your kidneys no longer work as they should to meet your body’s needs. It occurs when chronic kidney disease–a disease in which there is a gradual loss of kidney function – reaches an advanced state. Dialysis is one of the most common options
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How to Recognize the Signs of Renal Failure
Kidney or renal failure is when one or both of your kidneys completely stop their function – the ability to filter blood. It is a state in which the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) becomes 0, which means there is no remaining kidney function. Renal failure, if left untreated, can be life-threatening. Recognizing the signs
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Though the early stages of chronic kidney disease often go unnoticed, damage to the kidneys still occurs.Mostly, people start noticing symptoms of kidney disease when irreversible damage to their kidney occurs – usually at advanced stages. Kidney failure is the last stage of chronic kidney disease, affecting over 750,000 people in America each year. It
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Kidney failure is just what it sounds like–loss of kidney function to the point where your kidneys alone can no longer eliminate toxins and keep you alive. For individuals with chronic kidney disease, this is known as end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Kidney disease can be measured by the estimated glomerular
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