There are a lot of symptoms for kidney failure. Not all of them are dramatic, like blood in the urine. A sign of protein in the urine is when the person urinates, there's foam on top of the water in the toilet bowl. This is common with diabetics whose kidneys have been affected. Also itching. When the kidneys aren't doing their job any more, filtering the blood, they let chemicals pass through that cause itching.
Pain above the waist, slightly to the side, in back is a sign of a kidney infection. Dark urine, or blood in the urine are also signs of kidney problems. Actual failure needs to be diagnosed by a doctor. People are more likely to be aware of an infection early on, rather than kidney failure. Kidney failure can sneak up on people, particularly diabetics.
To diagnose kidney failure, a doctor usually orders a 24 hour urine collection. Typically, the lab will give the patient a plastic jug and tell them to start collecting all the urine for a 24 hour period, usually starting in the morning. The jug has to be kept refrigerated during the collection process. After 24 hours, the jug is returned to the lab and they will analyze the urine. By the amount of protein and other chemicals in the urine, the doctor can tell if there are kidney problems and just how severe they are.
I hope this helps you.
2007-03-18 07:31:06
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Well if you have kidney problems it will usually feel like a stabbing pain in your back and when you pee it will be regularly darker (because of some blood that can be in there) and it will really just hurt you should see a doctor obviously but i know what it feels like because i have kidney problems so i know what it personally feels like
2007-03-18 07:19:02
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why are all the answers so dull and short these days?
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