Urination

girl became ill and experienced symptoms of a person with type 1 diabetes as explained in journals such as the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). These symptoms included excessive thirst, frequent urination, and weight loss. Cindy’s parents became concerned about her symptoms as she begun to eat twice as much food, yet losing weight (approximately 5 pounds in the past months), which followed by vomiting and being nauseated. According to an…

What is bladder cancer? Bladder cancer is a disease in which malignant cells forms in the tissues of the bladder wall. The bladder is the organ that stores urine.1 What causes bladder cancer? Scientists do not completely understand the causes of bladder cancer; however, there are some risk factors associated with its occurrence like: • Age (the risk of bladder cancer increases with age. About nine out of 10 people with bladder cancer are older than 65);2 • Smoking (smoking greatly increases the…

Three unique facts about the urinary system are: 1. All of the blood in our body is filtered through the kidneys 400 times every single day. 2. The kidneys are capable of cleaning 1 million gallons of water in an entire lifetime. 3. If a kidney fails, and needs to be removed, the remaining kidney can increase by 50% in size in order to compensate for the body's need to filter out wastes in the blood. I found these specific facts interesting because filtration plays a very important role…

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) maintains osmolality by regulating water reabsorption in the principal cells of the kidneys’ renal collecting duct. AVP is synthesized in the hypothalamus and released by the neurohypophysis. AVP binds to the G-protein couple receptor, arginine vasopressin receptor type 2 (AVPR2), in the basolateral membrane of the kidneys. This leads to transport of aquaporin water channels (AQP2) to the apical membrane of the collecting duct principal cells. Water permeability is…

The Issue: The recent studies by pediatricians and child specialists have come to an astounding conclusion- ‘Do not potty train your kids before 2 years of age’ (Hodges, 2012). It sounds ridiculous and off-the-track, especially because all over the world the parents have been tempted to potty train their children as soon as they can. Many countries start following this course of attempt ever since their child starts walking independently, which happens at around 1 year of age (Bolam, 2006).…

The topic I chose for this assignment was Diabetes, I choose this because of the personal effect it has on me. One of my best friends and her younger brother we diagnosed in the past year I have wanted to know as much as I can about the different Types and effects on people’s lives. In this report I am going to compare and contrast the two common types of Diabetes and how ultimately we can treat this awful disease. Diabetes is a lifelong disease that effects 25.6 million people in America.…

more important for a healthy body that doesn't get as much attention: water. Every part of the body needs water, including cells, skin and vital organs. Water must be continually replaced as it is lost through sweating, breathing. digestion and urination. Not replacing this necessary component of the body has serious consequences. As the video explains, the brain is largely composed of water. When dehydration occurs, it shrinks in size and causes cognitive impairment. This impairment can be…

Soda is an addiction and all addictions have corruptive side-effects. Some side-effects of soda include irritability, restlessness, tension, insomnia, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal disturbance, excessive urination, irregular heartbeat, cell damage, dehydration, an impaired digestive system, liver problems, metabolic syndrome, accelerated aging, and cancer. Soda has toxic chemicals-brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, is an example. BVO is an industrial chemical used as a flame retardant in…

Drug Profile The generic name is Amiloride, and the trade name in New Zealand is Amizide [1]. The Drug class of Amiloride is potassium-sparing diuretics, it is a medication that increases urination without losing potassium [2]. The formulation of Amiloride is 10 tablets of 5mg Amiloride with 20ml of glycerol, then adding 0.1% Parabens, finishing with water makeup to 50ml in total. The final product containing 1mg Amiloride per ml [3]. Amiloride is indicated as adjunctive treatment with thiazide…

Did you know that 1 out of 5 individuals in the United States have herpes and between 60-95% of all adults worldwide have it? A majority of them are unaware that they even have it… Crazy! The reason being is that most people have mild symptoms that go unnoticed and they are mistaken for something else. Some have no symptoms at all. Some people have symptoms within a few days of contracting herpes, others weeks, and some even years. This sometimes presents a problem when trying to find out the…