What is End stage renal disease (ESRD)?

End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is a medical condition in which a person's kidneys cease functioning on a permanent basis leading to the need for a regular course of long-term dialysis or a kidney transplant to maintain life.

How do members experience End stage renal disease (ESRD)?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with End stage renal disease (ESRD)*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for End stage renal disease (ESRD)*

Who has End stage renal disease (ESRD) on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 10
30s 19
40s 26
50s 46
60s 43
70+ 28

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 64
Female 90

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What is End stage renal disease (ESRD)?

End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is a medical condition in which a person's kidneys cease functioning on a permanent basis leading to the need for a regular course of long-term dialysis or a kidney transplant to maintain life.



Common symptoms reported by people with End stage renal disease (ESRD)

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for End stage renal disease (ESRD)

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Compare treatments taken by people with End stage renal disease (ESRD)

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have End stage renal disease (ESRD) through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with End stage renal disease (ESRD)? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has End stage renal disease (ESRD) on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 3 new patients joined this month
  • 73 say End stage renal disease (ESRD) is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 10
30s 19
40s 26
50s 46
60s 43
70+ 28

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 64
Female 90

These charts show data from End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who have completed their condition history
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