Kidney Disease Nails Symptoms. Chronic kidney disease may not become apparent until your kidney function is significantly impaired. Yellow or opaque coloring.
Some people don t have any symptoms or don t think they do. The white half may be due to chronic anemia related to kidney failure which can make the nail bed pale. Ckd symptoms can be subtle.
In the early stages of chronic kidney disease you may have few signs or symptoms.
Pitted nails can easily break off or fall off linear depressions across the fingernail called beau s lines ridge shaped nails. Also called koilonychia rough nails with ridges can exist in the presence of kidney disease. These side to side lines can be a symptom of acute kidney disease. While brittle nails are a common sign of aging they also occur in people with kidney disease.