Acute Kidney Failure
According to a 2013 report from JAMA, acute renal failure—otherwise known as acute kidney failure—is one of the most common misdiagnoses by doctors. Since the damage to the kidneys is done slowly over the years, most people have no idea anything is wrong—especially because it takes a while for any symptoms to show up.
Once symptoms do show up, it usually comes down to swelling from fluid retention, decreased urine output, shortness of breath and drowsiness, among others, but sometimes everything seems normal, making it hard to know what’s happening inside your body.
