How To Know If You Are Suffering From A Kidney Disease?

Hello,

I am Dr. Garima Aggarwal, a consultant nephrologist and renal transplant physician. As a kidney disease expert, today I want to discuss with you how do you know, you may be suffering from kidney disease. Some of the most common signs of kidney disease are, number one, having a reduced amount of urine, have you noticed lately that from the amount of fluid you are taking in the urine you are passing may be less. number two having an abnormal type of urine. Have you noticed that the urine is too dark or is red in color, or is too floaty, have soap-like bubbles in it. Number 3, having an abnormal stream of urine. Like the pressure which you used to pass urine may not be there or you feel the need to go to urinate every few hours or very frequently during the day or night. Number 4, noticing swelling in your body. By the end of the day if you feel that your feet are swollen or have people told you that your face is swollen, especially around the eyes. Number 5, feeling breathless. If you feel, by doing a routine activity you feel like you are out of breath, or especially when you lay down at night, you feel that you are out of breath and you need to sit to catch your breath. Number 6, have you recently been diagnosed with blood pressure or even if you were a hypertensive patient, have you noticed that recently on the same medicines your blood pressure if going higher and you are requiring more and more medicines to control it. Number 6, are you a diabetic for a long time who has noticed an erratic sugar control especially if you have noticed that the sugar is going down very frequently and you are having episodes of low blood sugar. number 8, do you have a family history of kidney disease, in your siblings, in your parents, in your grandparents if that is the case you need to be checked. Number 9 in a routine health checkup, have you been told that your urea or your creatinine, or your uric acid or your potassium are abnormal, or when you got your ultrasound done for an unrelated purpose, you were told that there is some damage in your kidneys. If you have noticed any of these signs and symptoms in yourself or in your family members, I urge you go see a nephrologist and get the required tests done. I wish you good health and good kidney health.

Thank you.