Mild swelling around the ankles: This symptom can easily pass off as ‘been on my feet for too long’ when really it’s a build up of toxins from your kidneys function struggling to purify your blood and remove fluid, so the fluid tends to store in your ankles, feet and legs because of the pull of gravity 🧠 Persistent foamy urine: A lot of people focus on the colour of the urine when that’s hardly measured when testing kidneys in the renal sector. Examiners look for foam as this is a sign of high protein content leaking into the urine. One-off foam is nothing to worry about. 🧠 Very itchy skin: More advanced kidney disease can disrupt the body's balance of minerals and waste products, leading to itching. Dry skin alone is common and usually has other explanations, but unexplained, persistent itching deserves attention. 🧠 Pain in side or lower back: Pain below the ribs, toward either side of the back, can occur with kidney stones or a kidney infection. Chronic kidney disease itself often causes no pain, so back pain alone is not a reliable indicator. However if you are already showing signs and are being tested, it’s important to keep this in mind. 🧠 (BONUS) Restless Leg: Restless legs syndrome is an uncomfortable sensation in the legs that creates a strong urge to move them. It feels long a really annoying tingling sensation you can’t get rid of. This can be a number of things such as Iron deficiency or a change in the kidneys hormone balance.