9 Warning Signs Your Kidneys Are Failing | Tests to Avoid Dialysis

Sign 3: Breathless Moments Stealing Your Stride

Pausing mid-walk, chest tight like a squeezed sponge? Fluid overload or anemia starves lungs of oxygen, mimicking heart woes. CKD patients face 2x heart risk from this.

Deep breaths return with diuretics and low-salt swaps. eGFR blood tests gauge filtration; below 60? Early intervention shines. Cramps twist in now.

Sign 2: Muscle Cramps and Weakness Gripping Tight

Legs seizing at night, zapping strength from your grip? Electrolyte chaos—low calcium, high potassium—from poor filtration. Occurs in 50% of stage 4 CKD.

Stretch into relief with potassium-rich bananas (if cleared). Serum tests pinpoint; imbalances fixed fast. Nausea churns last, but hits hardest.

Sign 1: Nausea and Metallic Taste – Waste’s Bitter Wake-Up

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