What Is End Stage Renal Disease

End stage renal disease is also known as the fifth stage of chronic kidney disease. End stage renal disease means that the kidney function decreases sharply and is completely or almost damaged. And this damaged kidney can’t be recovered forever.
What can cause end stage renal disease?
End stage kidney disease is often caused by high blood pressure and diabetes, which have a very bad influence on the kidney.
Chronic kidney disease can always lead to end stage renal disease. Before the patients with chronic kidney disease develop into end stage renal disease, they always have suffered from chronic kidney disease for 10---20 years.
What are the symptoms of end stage renal disease?
The symptoms include:
Fatigue and weakness
Skin problems, such as itchy skin and dry skin
Weight loss
Loss of appetite
Nausea and vomiting
Headache
Breath difficulty and breath odor
Swelling in every area of body
Concentrating or thinking problems
Muscle twitching or cramps
What kinds of people are easy to get end stage renal disease?
The patients with chronic kidney disease are likely to get this disease.
The people whose kidneys are damaged or injured may get end stage renal disease.
The people who have a large loss of blood are prone to this disease.
How can we prevent and treat it?
The fundamental way is that we should prevent from chronic kidney disease and patients with CKD must have a good treatment to avoid the deterioration of kidney function. We should control the blood pressure and diabetes and follow the good habits like:
Go to see a doctor regularly for a time
Have a low-fat, low-salt, low-protein diet
Get enough calories if you are losing weight
Limit fluids salt, potassium, phosphorous, and other electrolytes
Take more exercise
Don’t drink or smoke
Because the kidney function of patients with end stage renal disease is completely damaged, which means it can’t filter the wastes and fluid. So patients need to do dialysis or a kidney transplant to replace the kidney.

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