How should the nurse respond when a patient asks how he could have chronic kidney disease (CKD) when he has not had symptoms of the disease?
A) "Symptoms of CKD are often vague."
B) "CKD comes on suddenly."
C) "Your current urinary tract infection may have caused your CKD."
D) "You must have had symptoms that you did not report."
A) "Symptoms of CKD are often vague."
Explanation: A) Chronic kidney disease is often vague and asymptomatic early in the disease process and is the result of long-term damage to the kidney from diseases such as untreated hypertension or diabetes mellitus or medications and other drugs. Acute kidney injury can progress to chronic kidney disease.
B) Chronic kidney disease is often vague and asymptomatic early in the disease process and is the result of long-term damage to the kidney from diseases such as untreated hypertension or diabetes mellitus or medications and other drugs. Acute kidney injury can progress to chronic kidney disease.
C) Chronic kidney disease is often vague and asymptomatic early in the disease process and is the result of long-term damage to the kidney from diseases such as untreated hypertension or diabetes mellitus or medications and other drugs. Acute kidney injury can progress to chronic kidney disease.
D) Chronic kidney disease is often vague and asymptomatic early in the disease process and is the result of long-term damage to the kidney from diseases such as untreated hypertension or diabetes mellitus or medications and other drugs. Acute kidney injury can progress to chronic kidney disease.
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