Kidneys are beans shaped organs responsible for filtering the blood impurities. Chronic kidney disease is where the kidney gets infected and the waste product collects in the blood making it acidic. Chronic kidney disease has five stages based on the Glomerular Filtration Rate – standard to determine the body’s ability to filter the blood of wastes and excess fluids in relation to time. The stages are stage 1 to stage 5. When a Glomerular is equal or above 90mL/min then it is considered to be normal. When infected the GFR declines. For chronic kidney disease stage 2, keep on reading for more info.
Health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure can increase the chances of renal problems. Chronic kidney disease stage 2 leaves only 60-89% kidney function as the damage to these organs has increased. This stage is difficult since there are no obvious symptoms of dysfunction of kidney and may lack detection at this time thus the disease could be nipped in the bud or curtailed before it got worse. This stage has a reduces glomerular filtration rate, and there are no symptoms that the kidney is damaged. Though, the test can detect the following: Elevated creatinine levels
Elevated protein levels- this indicates that there is inefficiency in filtering waste.
Elevated blood in urea nitrogen levels that is the kidney takes urea from the blood and expel it in the urine.
Symptoms of kidney disease stage 2
- Creatinine levels are very high than supposed to.
- Urea in blood
- affected kidney when scanned in an MRI or CT scan.
More advanced kidney disease may have serious problems like:
- Hands, feet, and ankles are swollen.
- High blood pressure.
- Breath shortness.
- Tiredness and sleeplessness.
- Poor appetite.
- Vomiting buildup of fluids.
- Vomiting.
- Feeling of confusion and experiencing difficulty in concentrating.
Preventing chronic kidney disease:
Request regular urinalysis and blood test
Lower your triglyceride and cholesterol levels
