Question 1

what is the difference between acute renal failure and acute renal insufficiency?

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Acute renal failure: Failure means kidneys stopped completely. Insufficiency not completely gone but not normal.

Question 2

what is the difference between chronic renal failure and chronic renal insufficiency?

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Terminology: Many physicians including nephrologists will use the terms chronic renal failure, chronic renal insufficiency, and chronic kidney disease interchangeably.  Some will use the term "insufficiency" when the chronicity or the severity of the renal disease is not clear but in most instances, they are synonymous.

Question 3

what is the difference between renal insufficiency, impairment & failure?

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Interchangeable term: They are all used interchangeably. 

They all suggest kidney disease (the reasons for which can be many).

Question 4

what are signs and symptoms of renal insufficiency?

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Varies widely. : The symptoms & signs of renal insufficiency vary widely. It depends on the degree of kidney underfunction, the onset, the cause, & the duration. If gradual, there may be no initial symptoms. Sometimes there is blood in the urine & flank pain. Ultimately, hypertension, swelling & uremia results: anorexia, nausea, vomiting, pericarditis, peripheral neuropathy, & central nervous system abnormalities.

Question 5

fish oil capsules ok or not, during renal insufficiency?

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OK: Fish oil capsules are ok in the setting of kidney disease.  There is data in IgA nephropathy that fish lil slows the loss of kidney function.  For other diseases the data is lacking.  Mercury poisoning potentially could occur if more than recommended doses are used.  I would recommend a large commercial brand since quality control has plagued fish oil formulations for years.

Question 6

what causes renal insufficiency?

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Descriptor only: Renal insufficiency is a descriptor that your kidney function is not 100% of normal.  Usually providers call a function between 60-99% insufficiency.  The cause could be anything from incorrect lab ( the calculated function is an estimate only), taking Ibuprofen regularly, recurrent kidney infections, hypertension, diabetes and glomerulonephritis( kidney filter inflammation).  See your provider.

Question 7

what're the renal insufficiency symptoms?

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Renal failure: Renal insufficiency is often asymptomatic initially.  However as renal function deteriorates, you get a build up of toxin in the blood which cause nausea, vomiting, fatigue, shortness of breath, tremor/twitching, daytime somnolence, food can begin to taste bad....This is usually after the kidney function is less than 30% (often less than 15%).

Question 8

what are common renal insufficiency symptoms?

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Vague: Kidney failure is notorious for causing very vague nebulous symptoms sometimes like, fatigue, insomnia, nausea, decreased appetite, metallic taste in the mouth, etc. I have a more comprehensive list on my blog at  http://www.Kidneydoctorbradenton.Org/2013/04/what-are-signs-and-symptoms-of-ckd.Html.

Question 9

i was wondering what are the renal insufficiency symptoms?

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Renal insufficency: Renal insufficiency is now called chronic kidney disease (ckd). There are very few symptoms, if any in stages 1 and 2 of ckd. When people progress on to higher stages of ckd, there ares some blood labs that turn abnormal. Patients are symptom free, until their  gfr.

Question 10

how to distinguish the symptoms of the renal insufficiency in the different stages?

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Kidney disease stage: You need to see a nephrologist to get a 24 hour urine for creatinine clearance and protein. This will give you your renal function and put you into a stage of chronic kidney disease (ckd). You may feel no symptoms until stage 5 CKD where you may have some anorexia or reversal of day-night sleeping patterns. Patients with CKD in stages 3-4 may have anemia and  with high parathyroid hormone levels.

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