At decrease in function of kidneys (renal failure), formation of urine and its components, for example, water and waste products is broken, collect in an organism that leads to uraemia.
Symptoms
The main symptoms of uraemia are the weakness, lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, disgust to food, especially to meat, an itch of skin, apathy.
Methods of substitution of function of kidneys
Main article: Dialysis
The hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are the main methods of substitution of function of kidneys.
Dialysis is a method of partial substitution of function of kidneys in the course of which there is cleaning of blood from waste products, removal of excess of salt and liquids and also pressure of blood and balance of electrolytes, such as potassium, sodium, chlorides, etc. is supported.