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Description and Symptoms of Renal  
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Tags: Renal, Renal failure, prostatic hypertrophy, chronic renal failure, intrinsic renal failure, interstitial renal disease, symptoms

Renal failure is the condition in which the kidneys fail to function properly. Physiologically, renal failure is described as a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate. Clinically, this manifests in an elevated serum creatinine. It can broadly be divided into two categories: acute renal failure and chronic renal failure.

	Initial symptoms may include the following:
	Unintentional weight loss
	Nausea, vomiting
	General ill feeling
	Fatigue
	Headache
	Frequent hiccups
	Generalized itching (pruritus)
	Later symptoms may include the following:
	Increased or decreased urine output
	Need to urinate at night
	Easy bruising or bleeding
	May have blood in the vomit or in stools
	Decreased alertness
	drowsiness, somnolence lethargy
	confusion delirium
	coma
	Muscle twitching or cramps
	Seizures
	Uremic frost -- deposits of white crystals in and on the skin
	Decreased sensation in the hands, feet, or other areas.
	Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:
	Excessive nighttime urination
	Excessive thirst
	Abnormally dark or light skin
	Paleness
	Nail abnormalities
	Breath odor
	High blood pressure
	Loss of appetite
	Agitation.

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