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Uremia (End-Stage Kidney Failure)
End-stage kidney failure and the symptoms it causes are called uremia. People with diabetes represent the majority of those who have end-stage kidney failure.
End-stage kidney failure occurs when the kidney's function has been reduced to less than 10% of normal and they can no longer perform life-sustaining removal of waste and water from the body. The function of the kidneys must be taken over by dialysis or by a new kidney through a transplant.
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SIGNS
End-stage kidney failure is characterized by more severe symptoms than chronic kidney failure because the kidneys can no longer filter enough toxins and fluid from the body. You may have fatigue, itchy skin, headache, vomiting, confusion, seizures, shortness of breath due to accumulation of fluid, and anemia.
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TREATMENT
People who have end-stage kidney disease usually have been monitored closely by their physicians over 10 to 20 years for chronic kidney failure and have received the treatment.
End-stage kidney disease is fatal unless dialysis is performed regularly or you have a kidney transplant. Dialysis and/or kidney transplantation offer many people with end-stage kidney disease the opportunity to live a relatively normal life.
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