ADVERTISEMENT
High Blood Pressure: Your readings skyrocket despite medication. Kidneys regulate blood pressure via renin; failure spikes it, straining the heart. Uncontrolled hypertension accelerates kidney damage—a dangerous feedback loop.
A Bad Taste in Mouth: Metallic, ammonia, or bitter flavor that ruins meals. Urea breakdown in saliva causes this, often with dry mouth. It’s unrelenting, turning eating into a battle.
Nausea or Vomiting, Lasting Days: Waves of queasiness, especially mornings, escalating to projectile vomiting. Toxins irritate the gut and brain’s vomit center. Dehydration follows, worsening everything.
Persistent Hiccups: Incessant hiccups defying remedies. Diaphragm irritation from uremia or electrolyte shifts triggers them. Annoying at first, they signal serious imbalance.
Prolonged Bleeding: Cuts that won’t stop, nosebleeds lasting hours. Impaired clotting factors from kidney failure turn minor injuries major.
Shortness of Breath: Gasping for air after climbing stairs, fluid in lungs (pulmonary edema) from poor filtration. It feels like drowning internally, often with chest tightness.
Slow, Sluggish Movements: Actions in slow motion, coordination off. Toxins affect the nervous system, mimicking Parkinson’s. Simple tasks become Herculean.
Swelling in Ankles, Feet, and Legs: Puffy extremities by day’s end, socks leaving deep indents. Fluid retention (edema) from imbalanced sodium and poor protein retention. It starts in lower body due to gravity but can spread.
Urination Changes: The most telling category—monitor closely.
a. Little or No Urine: Output drops to dribbles or nothing, despite drinking. Acute failure shuts down production, risking toxic overload.
b. Excessive Urination at Night: Waking multiple times to pee (nocturia). Early damage disrupts concentration, diluting urine and forcing nighttime voids.
ADVERTISEMENT
