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- Uremia
- SYMPTOMS for Acute may include a sudden reduction in urine volume, muscle
- cramps and twitching, smell of urine on the breath, fatigue, appetite loss,
- convulsions, difficulty in breathing and reduced mental acuity. In Chronic
- the signs may include no sudden reduction in urine volume.
- CAUSES for Acute may include surgical shock, severe infection, poisoning,
- reaction to transfusion or drugs, severe burn, etc. that may cause the
- kidney to lose it's ability to filter out waste materials. Cause for Chronic
- may include diabetes, hypertensive kidney disease, urinary obstructions,
- untreated prostate enlargement, chronic nephritis & advanced pyelonephritis.
- TREATMENT. Cause treated, kidney machine dialysis, kidney transplant.