Can Ongoing Nausea Indicate Kidney Disease?

Posted on Tue, 9 Jun 2015

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Question : Can ongoing nausea indicate kidney disease? I'm 62 post-menopausal and my mother died of renal failure (although she had chronic heart disease) at age 69.

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Kidney disease

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Ongoing nausea, loss of appetite along with edema of the legs and generalised weakness can indicate kidney disease.

Since you have a family history of renal failure I strongly suggest you to get a renal function test done as soon as possible.

For now here are my suggestions

1. Tab Omeprazole once a day before food for nausea
2. Avoid milk and milk products
3. Avoid caffeine, alcohol and smoking
4. Do not go to bed immediately after dinner, stay up for 2 hours

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar