Department of Nephrology (Kidney Care)
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What is End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) ?
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is the final stage of long-term (chronic) kidney disease. This is when the kidneys are no longer able to meet the needs of the body.
End stage renal disease is also known as end stage renal disease (ESRD).
- The kidneys remove waste products and excess water from the body. ESRD occurs when the kidneys cannot function at the level required for daily life.
- Diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common causes of ESRD in the United States. These conditions can affect the kidneys.
- ESRD most often follows chronic kidney disease. The kidneys may slowly stop functioning over a period of 10 to 20 years before end-stage disease develops.
Common symptoms include:-
- General malaise and fatigue
- Itching (pruritus) and dry skin
- Headache
- Weight loss without exertion
- Anorexia
- Nausea
If you have kidney disease, adopting a healthy lifestyle may help slow its progression.
- Achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
- Stay active most days
- Control blood pressure
- Take medications as prescribed
- Check cholesterol annually
- Control blood sugar
- Do not smoke or use tobacco products
- Regularly get tested
ESRD may require treatment with dialysis or a kidney transplant. Special diets and medications may be required to keep the body functioning.
Dialysis performs some of the work of the kidneys when they fail.
Benefits of dialysis:-
- Removes excess salt, water and waste products from accumulating in the body
- Maintains safe levels of minerals and vitamins in the body
- Helps control blood pressure
- Reduces red blood cells
- Providers who help form a dialysis will discuss dialysis with you before it becomes necessary. Dialysis removes waste products from the blood when the kidneys fail.
- Dialysis is usually given when only 10% to 15% of kidney function remains.
Also, people waiting for a kidney transplant may need dialysis while waiting.
Yes, ESRD treatment is available in Bareilly at Gangasheel Hospital by the team of expert Nephrologists in the city.