Without any medical testing, how would you know if you needed dialysis?

Answer 1

Before I went on dialysis and had a subsequent kidney transplant, I knew I was sick because my blood pressure was really really high. Obviously you need to get a blood pressure screening but some of the symptoms I had were head aches, swelling, tiredness, weakness, and nausea. Other than that, the only way to tell is getting a creatinine and BUN test done and a urinalysis.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You don't know. You have to have the tests run. They want me to do complete glucose testing, where I am allowed nothing to eat and have to drink some crap to see if I am diabetic. It runs horribly in my family, but I've never had any symptoms. If I understand it right, dialysis is a last resort before kidney transplants. Get the testing done.

Answer 4

I would think that is a Doctor question.

But brown urine is a sign of kidney failure. When my Mother was dying, she was catheterized and it was explained that was why the urine was brown.

Drink lots of water. Get Unsweetened Cranberry concentrate from the health food store and mix 8 oz with 1 gallon of water. Drink 8 ounces before every meal and between every meal. This flushes the poisons and toxins out of your system.

My Dad had kidney stones and his Doctor prescribed it.

This should help. If you will do it.

Answer 5

you don't. anyway, you can't get dialysis with out the testing. it' a pretty exact and sometimes painful procedure.