Acute Kidney Failure (cont.)
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Acute Kidney Failure Symptoms
The following symptoms may occur with acute kidney failure. Some people have no symptoms, at least in the early stages. The symptoms may be very subtle.
- Decreased urine production
- Body swelling
- Problems concentrating
- Confusion
- Fatigue
- Lethargy
- Nausea, vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal pain
- Metallic taste in the mouth
Seizures and coma may occur in very severe acute kidney failure.
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Acute renal failure (ARF) or acute kidney injury (AKI), as it is now referred to in the literature, is defined as an abrupt or rapid decline in renal filtration function.
