THE SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE
Loud and prolonged snoring
For patients with chronic kidney failure, it is very common to have sleep apnea. This is a sleep disorder that causes pauses in breathing one or more times at night. Although the pause in breathing lasts only a few seconds to a minute, after that, the patient will snore loudly and for a long time.
One of the important functions of the kidneys is to regulate the male sex hormones – Testosterone and Androgen. With kidney disease, the body's ability to produce these hormones on its own is also impaired.
Kidney failure makes the patient unable to filter wastes out of the blood and affects the production of red blood cells. This causes fluid retention in the body and impaired lung function. In addition, the number of red blood cells decreases, leading to difficulty in oxygen transport.
Waste cannot be eliminated from the body, causing the patient to experience water retention, causing swelling in areas such as the legs, hands and face.
When you experience back pain that spreads to the front of the hip or pelvis, this could be an early sign of kidney failure that you need to be aware of.
When waste cannot be filtered out of the body and accumulates too much in the blood, it causes bad breath. In addition, the patient also feels in mouth as if there is a taste of metal. This sign is easily confused with the symptoms of dental disease.
When the kidneys are weak, the amount of blood in the body decreases. At the same time, the process of blood circulation to locations and organs in the body also decreases. As a result, the hair receives less blood, leading to a lack of nutrients, dry hair roots and a lot of loss
The function of the kidneys will greatly affect the condition of urination. We need to pay attention when we encounter problems such as urinating more or less than usual, urine with an unusual color, smell or blood.