Kidney transplantation

help Clarice and her family deal with the situation? The associated stress the doctor was talking about is that Clarice finds out her kidneys are severely damaged for poorly managed diabetes, she also finds out she is in the last stage of end stage renal failure. Another stress is that renal dialysis is needed to prolong life after diagnosis of ESRD. Kidney transplant is also mentioned as a treatment option for Clarice condition, and her families can live with this for a long time. Also, a…

A neurogenic bladder stands for a lack of bladder control due to a dysfunction of nerves affecting afferent or efferent signaling. These nerves carry messages between the bladder and spinal cord, and direct the holding and release of urine. When the nerves fail to function, the symptoms of neurogenic bladder develop, which is the condition that affects millions of people around the world. Function of the bladder Several nerve mechanisms regulate urine storage and bladder emptying. As urine…

materials to build up in the body and can be life threatening. Possible causes include kidney injury resulting from toxic medication, severe or sudden dehydration, autoimmune kidney disease, acute tubular necrosis, urinary tract obstruction and reduced blood flow to the kidney. Risk factors for kidney injury include kidney and liver disease, diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and obesity. Symptoms of kidney injury are bloody stool, breath odor, fatigue, edema, bruising, mental status changes,…

different conditions, however, the causes are often categorized as prerenal, intrinsic, and postrenal. Prerenal causes are characterized by a marked decrease in blood flow to the kidneys, while intrinsic causes are attributed to physical damage within the kidney, and postrenal cause an obstruction in fluid flow from the kidneys through the ureters, bladder, or even urethra. Some different prerenal causes include hypovolemia as a result of hemorrhage, dehydration, excessive loss of…

But the spot ratio is not standard as the ratio is not representative of the findings in a timed collection. .Many experts therefore currently recommend calculation of the 24 hour urine protein-creatinine ratio for proteinuria assessment. KIDNEY BIOPSY When a patient with SLE has laboratory or clinical features that suggest the presence of nephritis, a renal biopsy should be performed to confirm the diagnosis, evaluate the degree of disease activity and determine an appropriate course of…

Percutaneous Kidney Biopsy A kidney biopsy is a procedure to remove small pieces of tissue from a kidney. In a percutaneous biopsy, the tissue is removed using a needle that is inserted through the skin. This procedure is done so that the tissue can be examined under a microscope. A kidney biopsy can help a health care provider make a diagnosis and determine the best course of treatment. You may need a kidney biopsy if you have: • Blood in your urine (hematuria). • Excessive protein in your…

Many of us do not realize how important our kidneys are until we lose the function of going to the bathroom. Our body takes in a number of toxins and fluids that we should excrete. Chronic real failure is better known as chronic kidney failure and this is where our kidneys are no longer function properly. Your kidneys filter the blood inside you body. The blood contains many toxins and excretes these toxins though urine, if our kidneys do not work eventually our electrolyte levels increase…

"Kidney: Polycystic Kidney Disease" Published September 3rd, 2014 and written by Binu M. Paul and Gregory B Vanden Heuvel. This article tells you all about polycystic kidney disease and how it affects the human body. Polycystic kidney disease is a hereditary disease if your mother or father have it then you most likely will have it. This disease causes cysts that develop on the kidneys and get bigger and bigger as you get older, sadly there is no cure for this disease. However, a lot of…

General Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a non-communicable disease on the rise, effecting one in nine adults in the U.S. (Nelms, Sucher, Lacey, & Roth, 2010). This trend has catapulted CKD to epidemic proportions. The disease is characterized by the progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function brought on predominantly by uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes mellitus, leaving millions at risk for developing the disease. There are five stages of CKD and they are assessed…

Background: Polycystic Kidney Disease (PCKD) is the most frequent inherited renal cystic disease around the world. PCKD is a very complex group of disorders characterized by the formation and growth of multiple renal cysts, containing urine-like fluid, which displace renal tubules and frequently leads to end stage renal disease (ESRD). PCKD has two major forms and can be transmitted as autosomal dominant or recessive traits with variable expression. 1-3 Major advances have been done towards…