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Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease En Español (Spanish Version)
In its early phases, chronic kidney disease usually doesn’t cause symptoms. However, as the condition progresses to the end-stage renal disease stage, it can cause a number of symptoms, including:
- Feeling weak or tired
- Trouble sleeping
- Swelling of feet and ankles
- Poor appetite
- Needing to urinate more often, especially at night
- Muscle cramping at night
- Nausea
- Itching
- Shortness of breath
- Metallic taste in mouth
- Chest pain
- Altered mental state
- Hiccups
- Irritability
- Problem with concentration
- Reduced libido
- Menstrual irregularities
- Numbness and tingling in hands and feet
Are you at increased risk for chronic kidney disease? National Kidney Foundation website. Available at:
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/11-10-1814.pdf
. Accessed September 10, 2011.
Chronic kidney disease: patient information handout. American Academy of Family Physicians website. Available at:
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/kidney/832.html
. Accessed September 10, 2011.
National Kidney Foundation. Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification.
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Snyder S, Pendergraph B. Detection and evaluation of chronic kidney disease.
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Last Reviewed September 2012
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