The Kidney filters extra water and waste from the human body, producing hormones, regulating the blood, alongside cleaning the blood. Damages from hypertension or diabetes often lead to kidney dialysis, failure, and the urge for a kidney transplant.
What Is Kidney Disease?
The function of the kidney also referred to as “renal function” defines how well the organ works. If one has two healthy kidney, it is said the person has a 100% kidney function. One might not notice when the kidney loses like 20% to 30% of its function. One can survive with just one healthy kidney.
Whenever the kidney functions go beyond 30%, serious health issues start to develop. Someone with a kidney function below 10% to 15% will need to go for treatment, whereby the treatment will require replacing kidney function. The treatment options include a kidney transplant, a process to cleanse the body and blood, or dialysis.
Causes Of Kidney Disease
Kidney disease occurs when the nephrons in the body gets damaged and are no longer able to filter blood. This damage may occur quickly, like when it is caused by toxins or injuries. Most of these damages take place over a specific time. Diabetes and hypertension (High Blood Pressure) are commonly the two causes of the progressive kind of nephrons damage and Hua Loxium Kidney Disease (ฮั้วลักเซียมโรคไต, which is the term in Thai).
What Are The Symptoms Of Kidney Diseases?
There are usually no symptoms in the early stages. As the illness starts to get worse, you will start to notice symptoms such as:
- Darkness of skin
- Muscle cramps
- A feeling of vomiting or nausea
- Numbness
- A sense of itching
- Swelling of feet and hands
- Loss of appetite
- A feeling of drowsiness and tiredness
- A Change in how frequent you need to urinate
