Kidney disease can be a debilitating condition that has the potential to cause death. There are many different types of kidney disease. There are two broad types of kidney disease that have one main distinction: Acute Onset Renal Failure or Chronic Kidney Disease. If you are concerned about your kidney health kidney doctor Jupiter can help.
What is Acute Onset and Renal Failure?
Acute onset renal failure is, in short, a sudden reduction of kidney functions. This type of kidney disease can occur very abruptly with little or no warning. Acute renal failure can be life threatening but it is generally short-lived and can be reversed. In some cases, it can be a permanent condition, but in those cases life expectancy without a kidney transplant is relatively short.
What is Chronic Kidney Disease (Chronic Renal Failure)?
Chronic Kidney Disease is the opposite of Acute Renal Failure in that the reduction in kidney function occurs over a long period of time. This is accompanied by symptoms that change and increase over time. When the kidneys cannot function properly, this is called renal failure and happens when the kidneys lose their ability to filter waste from the blood.
Chronic Kidney Disease is generally not reversible and has causes rooted in a number of kidney problems and issues. Visit the site of Coastal Nephrology to find out more about how kidneys work and treatment options for kidney diseases.
Acute renal failure occurs within weeks or months while chronic kidney disease has to occur for a period of three months or longer. A major difference in the two is with acute renal failure there is a marked reduction in bladder urine volume. In chronic kidney disease this symptom can occur but not until towards the end of the diagnosis. Dialysis Jupiter
If you are concerned that your kidneys are not functioning properly call a specialist in kidney medicine in Jupiter today and schedule an appointment.