Many people think that renal/kidney failure is an acute disease or the effect is immediate. Most people do not know that symptoms like body malaise and weakness are signs of kidney failure. If you are diabetic or suffering from a serious condition like HYPERTENSION, the most likely end point is kidney failure.
Now, this does not come in where the patient collapses or would show facial edema right away. The first symptom he/she would feel is the inability to climb stairs or to walk a distance he usually is capable of. I have seen this in so many patients that it is the first question I wold ask if a patient has DIABETES OR HYPERTENSION in line with the surgical procedure I would do later on.
I once was forced to do an operation on a uremic patient ( kidney failure patient) and it was really frightening because the bleeding was uncontrollable. The wound was oozing all over and I had to remove a tumor the size of a baby's hand with the blood covering the operative site.
Now, this does not come in where the patient collapses or would show facial edema right away. The first symptom he/she would feel is the inability to climb stairs or to walk a distance he usually is capable of. I have seen this in so many patients that it is the first question I wold ask if a patient has DIABETES OR HYPERTENSION in line with the surgical procedure I would do later on.
I once was forced to do an operation on a uremic patient ( kidney failure patient) and it was really frightening because the bleeding was uncontrollable. The wound was oozing all over and I had to remove a tumor the size of a baby's hand with the blood covering the operative site.
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