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Description of disease:

Chronic renal failure or Chronic kidney failure is a permanent loss of function of kidneys which are unable to fulfill their role of removing waste products and excess water from the blood from the organism.

There are two types of the disease: acute and chronic renal failure. Patients with chronic disease need to have peritoneal dialysis or hemiodialysis, kidney transplantation can also replace kidney functions.

Chronic renal failure is characterized by irreversible, incurable damage to the renal glomerules.

The most common causes of renal kidney failure include:

Diabetic nephropathy
Hypertensive nephrosclerosis
Glomerulonephritis
Interstitial nephritis
Polycystic kidney disease

Symptoms:


anemia (red blood cells deficiency)
anxiety
ascites
coma
diarrhoea
dry skin
hand tremor
headache
hiperuresia
hyperactivity, overexcitement
hypertension
loss of appetite
nausea and vomitting
pallor
scaly skin
skin itching
somnolence
weakness



Research:


Urine analysis
USG of the urinary tract



Doctors :


Nephrologist





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Bibliography: http://renux.dmed.ed.ac.uk/EdREN/EdRenINFObits/CRFLong.html

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