In this study an attempt has been made to explain the sign and symptoms of CKD patients and also the various complications they face. In this survey, a cross sectional based study was conducted from June to October, 2019 in Nephrology Department of Chittagong Medical college Hospital. Among 100 CKD patients of different aged who visited to CMC to diagnosis were considered for the study. 100 participants were selected and their data were collected by using questionnaires. The questionnaire included socio-demographic data like- sex, age group, clinical data including sign and symptoms, risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension andanemia. Among 100 patients, 43% were male and 57% were female. Currently, 90% of patients reaching chronic kidney disease (CKD) have chronic diabetes mellitus, glomerulonephritis or hypertension. With CKD comes a myriad of problems related to the kidney's inability to excrete waste products. This leads to symptoms of uraemia. It was seen that females are more affected than males. It was also found that they faced various complications. Among them diabetes is the most encountered problem they faced which was 36%. Other than congenital, patients who are suffering from both hypertension and diabetes should be in control. Otherwise with increasing time severity will also increase As a result, this chronic stage can’t be
treated with medications. Patients have to go for dialysis or kidney transplantation.
Author(s): Jahan Queen M, Md. Shahidul Islam