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Departments Center for Transplant Services Health and Wellness Kidney Disease Risks
Kidney Disease Risks
By Wendi Hope Bishop, Editor, Marketing Services
One in nine Americans has chronic kidney disease but, in many cases, kidney failure can be prevented or delayed through early detection and proper treatment.
Kidney disease happens gradually and results from damage to the nephrons, tiny structures inside your kidneys that filter blood. Normally, healthy kidneys will remove waste products from blood through urine. The result of waste products not being removed for at least three months is chronic kidney disease.
Diabetes, heredity and high blood pressure are the major causes of chronic kidney disease. Early kidney disease is silent and, therefore, may not show any symptoms at all. However, some that may appear include the following.
- Feeling tired
- Feeling weak
- Loss of appetite
- Not sleeping
- Not thinking clearly
- Swelling of the feet and ankles
For testing, more information or if you experience the symptoms mentioned above, please call your doctor. To make an appointment with a doctor, contact our Healthcare Coordinators online or call toll-free 1.877.UT.CARES (1-877-882-2737).
2/10/2006