Chronic kidney failure, also known as Chronic Kidney Disease is a disease that is the lose of the function of the kidneys. Basically, it makes the kidney’s function lose it’s function. Chronic kidney failure causes kidney to lose its function and cause dangerous levels of fluid, electrolytes and wastes can build up in your body.
The kidney’s function is to filter out waste in blood. As the blood goes through our body, it picks up extra fluid chemicals, and waste. The job of the kidney is to separate the extra fluid chemicals and waste from the blood. In that way, the waste products and go out of our body through urine. If the kidney is unable to do this, then the waste products will stay in our body, and cause serious health problems
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Blood test could be used to test if you have high blood pressure. Which might cause Chronic Kidney Disease.
Urine tests. Taking a look at your urine can be used to see if your urine is normal or not. You could also find the problems or clues with the urine test.
Imaging tests. Your doctor may use ultrasound to assess your kidneys' structure and size. Other imaging tests may be used in some cases.
Removing a sample of kidney tissue for testing. Your doctor may recommend a kidney biopsy to remove a sample of kidney tissue. Kidney biopsy is often done with local anesthesia using a long, thin needle that's inserted through your skin and into your kidney. The biopsy sample is sent to a lab for testing to help determine what's causing your kidney problem. There are many stages of Chronic kidney failure. For some kind of chronic kidney disease - CKD - they can be treated, but most, though, has no cure. Doctors are using ways like stopping the progress of the damage. But if your kidneys are really damaged, then you will have to use the severe stage treatment, which is stage 4. According to Mayo Clinics, “But kidney damage can continue to worsen even when an underlying condition, such as high blood pressure, has been