Kidneys is made of millions of nephrons (filter like structures) basically purifies the blood and regulates the blood pressure and the levels of electrolytes by excreating excess fluid along with impurities High blood pressure (also referred to as HBP, or hypertension) is when your blood pressure, the force of blood flowing through your blood vessels […]
Diabetic kidney disease is a serious kidney-related complication of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes usually occurs in children, also called juvenile onset diabetes mellitus or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Type 2 diabetes is more common, usually occurs in people over 40 also called adult onset diabetes mellitus or non-insulin-dependent diabetes […]
INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of chronic renal disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide. Common renal disorders seen in both adult and children include congenital nephropathies, nephrotic syndrome, chronic renal failure (CRF), glomerulonephritis, hydronephrosis, and multicystic renal dysplasia, which ultimately lead to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). CKD is a progressive and irreversible decline in the total number of […]
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Blood Cancer also known as hematological cancer that begins in blood-forming tissues in our body, such as the bone marrow, or in the cells of our immune system. Types of blood cancer are leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Leukemia is […]
Wearable Artificial Kidney: A wearable artificial kidney is a wearable Dialysis machine that a person can use daily or even continuously. Patient with kidney failure need dialysis to stay alive without a transplant. Dialysis does a good job of cleaning the blood and removing extra fluid, but it takes a lot of time and can hurt a patient’s […]
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, where the condition can be self-limiting or can progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis in the world but other infections, toxic substances such as alcohol and certain drugs, autoimmune diseases can also cause hepatitis. Worldwide, In 2015, […]
The worldwide increases in temperature has resulted in a marked increase in heat waves (heat extremes) that carries a markedly increased risk for morbidity and mortality. The kidney has a unique role not only in protecting the host from heat and dehydration but also it is an important site of heat-associated disease. Here we review […]
INTRODUCTION: Dialysis patients should NOT stop their treatments during the COVID-19 outbreak. To protect dialysis patients from the coronavirus, which causes the disease, COVID-19, the health care Centers have given dialysis centers new information to stop the virus from spreading. Dialysis patients are at high risk for serious complications, even death, from the virus. Coronavirus […]
High in Blood Sugar level are bad for your kidneys High blood sugar itself is a symptom of Diabetes called hyperglycemia. This is the leading cause of Kidney disease. Having diabetes for a longer time can damage the blood vessels of our kidney. When the blood vessel damaged the kidney cannot work well. That is […]
Typically, dialysis is ordered when the kidney function declines to 10-15% of its normal function. As per NKF KDOQI, planning for dialysis should begin when patients reach chronic kidney disease stage 4/ CKD 4, it is when the glomerular filtration or creatinine clearance falls below 30mL/min. However, this is not the only indication for the […]
