23-year-old young athlete Gaurav (name changed) was not doing well anymore. His stamina was no longer what it used to be 8 months back. Once to be crowned captain of his college team was not able to get through even half the innings. This made him depressed and wanted to be isolated. The very handsome Gaurav had now lost over 16 kilos. His family took him to a psychiatrist who diagnosed him with depression and was treated accordingly. His symptoms did not improve at all, he dropped out of college and now sat at home. He was no sleeping all the time, had lost his appetite and constantly complained of tiredness. He was also taken to several doctors who specialize in natural remedies but little did he improve symptomatically.
On July 26th, two days before his birthday he had an episode of seizure at home and was rushed to the hospital, routine blood tests were done to reveal blood pressure of 220/110 mmHg, very severe renal failure and as a consequence of that high potassium and low calcium. His Haemoglobin was 6mg/dl needing a blood transfusion. He had to be put on dialysis immediately and he is now doing well with three times a day dialysis.
No single person can be blamed for this, everyone who thought they were helping Gaurav was doing things which they thought was right. If Gaurav’s family had written down his symptoms and sought an online second opinion, he could have been directed to a general physician instead of a psychiatrist and probably he wouldn’t have landed on dialysis today. In other words, not all headaches are migraines, not all ear aches are because of wax, not all vomitings are gastritis and not all chest pains are heart attacks. We are here to help you, guide you and offer a new perspective to your current problems just take an online medical advise from specialists.
Some Of The Symptoms of Renal Failure Are
- Tiredness
- Loss of appetite
- Urine like smell from breath
- Loss of weight
- Change in sleep rhythm
- Long standing history of diabetes or hypertension
- History of taking painkillers
- Headaches
- Very high blood pressure in young
- Depression
Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha, MD, is a Clinical Associate in the Nephrology Department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi.
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