Symptoms of Stage 4 Kidney Disease

Kidney disease is divided into five stages according to the development. The previous two stages are almost similar in the symptoms and characteristics, which are not very obvious and less serious. As for stage 3, half of kidney function is lost, which is serious compared with the previous stages. However, when kidney disease develops to stage 4, the kidney function decreases sharply and kidney disease becomes very severe. Here we will discuss about stage 4 of kidney disease, especially about symptoms of it. Hope that patients with kidney disease can realize if his disease condition is becoming much severe.
What is stage 4 of kidney disease?
First of all, we should understand the definition of stage 4. Stage 4 means that your kidney function declines largely with your Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) falling to 15-30ml/min. A large amount of wastes build up in the body, which can lead to uremia. And erythropoietin can’t be produced enough for red blood cells, which can cause anemia. Besides there are many complications coexisting with kidney disease, such as high blood pressure, bone disease,heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases.
What are the symptoms of stage 4?
We can judge the development of the disease from the symptoms, which contributes to our treatment very much. Symptoms of stage 4 can fall into two categories as non-specific and specific symptoms.
Non- specific symptoms:
these symptoms can also be found with other patients of CKD or even of other diseases. Still, they are very useful indicators to test your condition.
Including:
1. Fatigue. Patients always feel tired easily.
2. Kidney pain: Most people with CKD do not have kidney pain, but with some kinds of kidney problems, such as polycystic kidney disease (PKD) or infections, they may have pain in their back where the kidneys are located.
3. Nerve problems. Early symptoms mainly include insomnia, poor concentration and memory decline. In some cases, the patients experience tingling, numbness, coma, insanity, etc.
4. Difficulty of concentrating. They can’t focus their attention and mind on what they are doing.
5. Nausea. The patients always feel nauseated.
6. Insomnia. Patients can be very hard to fall asleep because of Skin itching, restless legs or muscle cramps
Specific symptoms:
These symptoms are considered to be strong indications of the presence of stage 4
Including:
7. Urine changes. Urine can become very cloudy with full of foam.
8. Bad appetite. Patients don’t want to eat things and there is a metallic taste in their mouths.
9. Cardiovascular diseases. They are more likely to tend to heart failure, arrhythmia, myocardial damage, or smoothing like that, because of high blood pressure, water and sodium retention, anemia and toxic substances.
10. Too much fluid: The kidneys may lose their ability to control how much fluid stays in the body. A person may notice swelling (edema) in their lower legs, hands or face around the eyes. With too much fluid someone, could even feel short of breath.
The above is the symptoms of stage 4 of kidney disease.

Here is our introduction for symptoms of stage 4, hoping it is helpful for you. If you have any question, please contact us freely any time through email or phone.