SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE

• What will happen when the human had acute kidney failure?

• Specific Causes of Acute Kidney Failure

• What are the symptoms?

• Diagnosis

• Treatment for Acute Kidney Failure

What are the symptoms?

As the kidneys begin to fail the following symptoms can begin develop:

• Pale and sallow complexion
   
• Fatigue
   
• Shortness of breath
   
• Body itch
   
• Poor appetite
   
• Hypotension
   
• Anemia
   
• BUN and Creatinin Serum Level increasing
   
• Swelling of the face and legs
   
• Reduction in urinary volume
   

In the later stages of acute kidney failure there are:

¨ Uraemia

¨ Anorexia, nausea, vomiting (or occasionally diarrhoea)

¨ Muscular cramps, stiffness

¨ Signs of encephalopathy

Progressing in extreme cases to :

ª Depressed consciousness and grand mal convulsions

ª  Skin bruising and gastrointestinal bleeding

ª Uraemic haemorrhagic pericarditis