What is the most common initial symptom of Acute Kidney Failure?

Acute kidney failure is when your kidneys stop working suddenly. Doctors sometimes call it acute renal failure. It can happen over just a few hours or days.

Acute kidney failure isn’t always permanent. If you get treatment right away and don’t have other serious health problems, your kidneys can return to working normally.

Acute Kidney Failure Symptoms:

You may not have any symptoms of acute kidney failure. Your doctor may discover you have this condition while doing lab tests for another reason.

If you do have symptoms, they’ll depend on how bad your loss of kidney function is, how quickly you lose kidney function and the reasons for your kidney failure. Symptoms may include:

• Peeing less than normal
• Swelling in your legs, ankles, and feet (caused by your body holding on to fluid)
• Feeling exhausted
• Shortness of breath
• Itching
• Joint pain, swelling
• Loss of appetite
• Confusion
• Throwing up or feeling like you’re going to
• Chest pain or pressure
• Muscle twitching
• Seizures or coma (in severe cases)
• Stomach and back pain
• Fever
• Rash
• Nosebleed

You have a condition that’s blocking urine from leaving your kidneys.

This could mean:

• Bladder, cervical, colon, or prostate cancer
• Blood clots in your urinary tract
• An enlarged prostate
• Kidney stones
• Nerve damage in your bladder

Dr. Snehal Shankar Gaikwad Is the Director, Consultant Nephrologist, and best Kidney Specialist in Moshi at Swanand Kidney Clinic, Bhosari. this acute kidney injury Treatment depends on the underlying cause and often requires you to be hospitalized for the same. Various treatment options are available which vary from case to case basis.