The problem shows up in routine urine tests. If the patient also has or develops blood pressure, it makes things worse. The ability of the kidneys to filter waste is reduced further. The creatinine and urea nitrogen levels in the blood shoot up. The problem gets pretty serious here.
Proteins leak out in large amounts.
The kidney s filtration rate drops much below normal. The creatinine and urea nitrogen levels in the blood shoot up further. Almost always high blood pressure occurs. But if they also have high blood pressure this can happen twice as fast. When the function of the kidneys has reached stage five, only two options are available - dialysis or kidney transplant.