The kidney is an organ in our body that removes waste and balance fluids. Polycystic kidney disease is a disorder that causes many fluid-filled sacs to build up. Those sacs are called cysts, that ends up on the kidneys. When the fluid - filled cysts cover the whole kidney, it cause the kidney to become enlarged.The cysts can lead to kidney failure and development in other organs in the body, in most cases the liver as well. Mode of Inheritance and Biological Mechanisms Polycystic kidney disease…
Patient J’s genitourinary issues include stage three chronic kidney disease (hereinafter CKD) with high BUN and creatinine lab work supporting this condition. She also has a history of Diabetes Mellitus II which is of significance due to the relationship between high blood sugar and kidney damage. Also of significance are three contributors to the concept of chronic kidney failure: obesity, anemia, hypertension. GENITOURINARY EXCRETION Chronic kidney disease shares similar qualities with acute…
The 1940’s are most known as the greatest generation, for having discover and developed some of the best inventions of the world, that today most people can't live without it. The 1940’s had it all, things like the color tv and the microwave oven. Peter Goldmark, a staff of RCA Laboratories, started developing modern color tv, after seeing the designs of John Logre Baird in 1928. However, black and white television at that time were sold to the public 10.5 million times compared to the color…
What is polycystic kidney disease? What are symptoms/signs? Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is caused by multiple fluid filled cysts that form within the kidney. It may affect one, or both kidneys. Symptoms include: loss of appetite, vomiting, constipation, lethargy, excessive thirst, and urination. Signs that a kitten, or cat is affected can include enlarged kidney, and fever. Severe cases in kittens may result in death from renal failure by the age of 8 weeks, or it could result in stillbirths…
In order to understand depression in dialysis patients, we must know the meaning of the mental illness of depression. “Depression is a syndrome, a cluster of emotional, physical, and behavioral symptoms characterized by sadness, low self-esteem, loss of pleasure, and sometimes, difficulty functioning. If these problems persist for more than two weeks, cause real suffering, and interfere with the business and pleasure of daily life you may have clinical depression” (Pinsky, n.d.). “Depression is…
Contemporary nursing has distinguished a significant shift in health care, deviating from the concept of ‘fixing’ an individual with an illness, to recognising the individual as a whole person (Berman and Kozier, 2011). It is concerned with the healing of the mind, body and spirit, accounting for family circumstances; taking into consideration, social, emotional, physical and spiritual needs of the child (Klebanoff, 2016).Within this assignment, a discussion will be commenced, regarding a…
Kaposi Sarcoma Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a tumor of endothelial cell origin commonly found in the Mediterranean, Jewish, Arabic and African populations. In patients on immunosuppression, human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection is reactivated in endothelial cells and conversion to spindle cells occurs.PMID: 16904612, PMID:17456614, PMID 15021843 The incidence of KS is markedly increased in patients with SOTRs (between 84 and 500 times more common) compared with the immune-competent…
Renal denervation involves application of radiofrequency waves to ablate renal nerves in order to reduce RSNA1*. The catheter is taken to the kidney via the femoral artery. There have been many different techniques and methods of ablating renal sympathetic nerves, with the simplicity trial proving to be the most effective and efficient4. During the symplicity HTN-1 trails, 153 patients over 19 different site around the world received renal sympathetic using the symplicity catheter2. The…
An electrolyte is an ionised component of a living cell, blood or any other matter and can conduct electricity when molten or dissolved. There are many different electrolytes found in our body such as sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and so forth. Electrolytes have many functions throughout the body for instance controlling the water balance in the body. Also assisting transmitting nerve impulses and helping your muscles relax and contract. For example Sodium chloride which is also know by…
the change and results in afferent arteriolar dialatation through Tubulogomerular Feedback. But in some cases these regulatory mechanisms fail like severe hypovolemia, old age, pre existing diseases like atherosclerosis, long standing hypertension, chronic kidney disease and drugs that blunt these compensatory mechanisms like NSAIDS, ACE inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor…