Question

What is ESRD? What are the symptoms?

Answer 1

The last stage of chronic kidney disease is kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD). If your kidneys fail, they stopped functioning well enough to survive without dialysis or kidney transplantation.Chronic kidney disease (CKD) generally gets worse slowly, and until your kidneys are badly damaged, symptoms may not appear. You may notice symptoms triggered by waste and additional fluid build-up in your body in the early phases of CKD as you are approaching kidney failure (ESRD).You may notice one or more of the following symptoms if your kidneys are beginning to fail:

Itching

Muscle cramps

Nausea and vomiting

Not feeling hungry

Swelling in your feet and ankles

Too much urine (pee) or not enough urine

Trouble catching your breath

Trouble sleeping

If your kidneys stop working suddenly (acute kidney failure), you may notice one or more of the following symptoms:

Abdominal (belly) pain

Back pain

Diarrhea

Fever

Nosebleeds

Rash

Vomiting