Kidney

The kidneys create and process approximately a liter and a half of urine every day (Port, 2015, p. 599). Inside the kidney, there are more than a million cells that make urine called nephrons. Contained in each nephron is a glomerulus and the job of the glomerulus is to filter the blood. When the glomerulus are…

the donation of one of their kidneys. The authors romanticizes the production of available kidneys to be able to reduce a backlog of around 83,000 people waiting for one, should donor s receive compensation as an incentive to give up one of their kidneys. They also point out economic savings should people have available kidneys, in lieu of the cost of keeping those waiting for a kidney on dialysis. And the ethical questions and arguments in favor of compensating kidney donors, would be the…

one in the backseat was fine. Everyone thought that my aunt was fine too. Unfortunately, it turned out that throughout her entire life, she had kidney problems, and only test results from the accident revealed this. She had only one functioning kidney, which it turned out she lost it in the accident. When they discovered her condition, they put her on a kidney transplant waiting list right away. Every member of the family wore a tearstained face for a week. I was thirteen years old and just…

't I know this with my kidney problems I get told this a lot. When you hold your urine your actually putting a lot of pressure on your bladder and increasing the chances for a UTI. (10) “Take antibiotics” This is only if you experience recurring UTI 's. Diana…

IgA nephropathy or Berger’s Disease, is a kidney disorder that arises when IgA settles in the kidneys. More specifically, when the IgA protein accumulates or clumps in the small blood vessels of the kidney, triggering inflammation which damages the glomeruli tissue (Mayo Clinic). Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located on the posterior abdominal wall. One of the kidneys main functions is to filter toxic waste from the blood; the glomeruli play an important role in this process. The more…

When Would You Administer Mannitol? Mannitol is a diuretic. It has many uses. It is most commonly used to increase urine production and flush the kidneys. It can, also, be used to decrease swelling and pressure inside the eye or around the brain. Another use is the elimination of toxic substances, such as aspirin, barbituates, bromides, and carbon monoxide from the body. First, mannitol can perform all of these functions because it is a diuretic. This means that the addition of it to…

stored in the brain, helps control the body's water balance. The kidneys filter the blood to remove waste and excess fluid, which are stored in the bladder as urine. ADH controls the balance between fluid intake and urine excretion. Normally, when a person's fluid intake is low or when a lot of fluid is lost (for example, through sweating), the brain releases more ADH into the bloodstream. High levels of this hormone direct the kidneys to reabsorb more water and to make less urine. When fluid…

I. Introduction A. Attention-getter: How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really want? What if it was something you literally couldn’t live without? According to an article written by The National Kidney Foundation in 2005, “Nearly 10% of the patients currently waiting for liver transplants are young individuals under the age of 18.” That was us last year. Now could you imagine that was our little siblings and cousins or some neighborhood child you see running around…

The shortage of organs available for transplants and the increase of kidney failure has created an epidemic of patients on dialysis who await a donor. As the current program of unpaid voluntary donors in North America is not adequate, many urge that compensation for organ donation could be a legitimate solution. The demand for a realistic resolution in organ transactions raises concerns on the breach of human integrity. This paper will explore the ethical dilemma of selling organs as commodities…

In my opinion, the human body is one of the most complex mechanisms known to mankind – even more complex than the latest iPhone X. The human body comprises of many different systems: the digestive system, the endocrine system, the exocrine system, the muscular system, the urinary system, the reproductive system, the respiratory system, the circulatory system, the sympathetic system, the skeletal system. The human body consists of about 300 bones at birth and this number decreases to 206 by…