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The symptoms of end-stage renal disease including weight loss, nausea or vomiting, malaise, fatigue, headache, hiccups, itching, decreased urination, bruising and bleeding easily produced, lethargy, difficulty breathing and convulsions. Symptoms may remain mild or nonexistent until kidney function drops to less than 20% of normal.

Generally, a person develops kidney disease for several years before the disease enters a terminal stage. A blood test will show high levels of creatinine and blood urea nitrogen, chemicals usually eliminated by the kidneys. Urgent dialysis is needed when you have developed one or more of the following problems: - inflammation of the lining of the heart (pericarditis)
- fluid overload or congestive heart failure, in which fluid builds up behind the heart and into the lungs, which can not improve with medications that increase the elimination of fluid (diuretics)
- dangerous increase in blood components that can affect other body functions, such as potassium, sodium and acids.
- confusion, decreased wakefulness, seizures
- bleeding associated with renal failure not relieved by other means
- nausea and vomiting

Dialysis may be indicated if symptoms affect quality of life and nutritional status, especially in the presence of serious abnormalities in blood tests. This can occur even when the above problems have not been developed yet.

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