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.
