Acute Renal Failure Symptoms And Causes

Shortness Of Breath

Patients with acute renal failure have reported they often feel winded after completing simple tasks and experience persistent shortness of breath. This is related to how the kidneys function in multiple ways, such as excessive fluid circulating throughout the body that builds up in the lungs. Secondly, anemia leaves the body oxygen-starved due to lower production of oxygen-rich red blood cells and can leave a patient feeling constantly winded. Shortness of breath due to swelling can also occur, and patients are encouraged to limit their fluid intake. However, this mainly depends on each individual case. Consuming an alkaline can help, which encourages individuals to eat fresh fruits and vegetables and to avoid meat, poultry, cheese, and grains to create a higher pH balance within the body, which could reduce the shortness of breath a patient may experience.

Chest Pain And Pressure

Once a patient has reached the unfortunate stage of developing kidney failure, they may experience chest pain and pressure as one of their symptoms. This symptom can lead to further complications down the road, such as the patient developing heart disease. The chest pain a patient experiences is often due to the heart not pumping blood as well as it should due to a buildup of plaque in the walls of the blood vessels, a blood clot blocking the flow of blood to the heart, and even a heart attack, resulting in heart damage caused by a lack of blood and oxygen to the heart.

A buildup of plaque is often what causes chest pain, as it blocks blood flow and affects the lining of the heart, due to the kidneys no longer functioning adequately and filtering blood throughout the body as it should. Foods associated with a healthy heart and that encourage proper blood flow include oranges, garlic, kale, dark chocolate, red wine, sardines, almonds, and lentils.