High blood pressure is the second leading cause of chronic kidney disease. Similar to high blood glucose levels, high blood pressure can also damage kidney vessels. Almost 1 in 5 adults with hypertension has chronic kidney disease.
Albumin is a protein found in your blood. Healthy kidneys don’t let albumin into your urine. The smaller the albumin level in the urine, the better. Albumin in the urine is called albuminuria. The albumin to creatinine ratio measures in …
Peritoneal dialysis is a method of renal replacement therapy in which your peritoneal membrane is used as a filter. Water and its dissolved substances are passed from the blood to the dialysis solution through the peritoneal membrane, which is a …
In the absence of any other evidence, hemodialysis treatment is administered for 4 hours 3 times a week. During the hemodialysis procedure, the withdrawal of exchange products and excess water from the body occurs by purifying the blood through a …
Remember that dialysis partially replaces damaged kidney functions such as removal of metabolic products from blood, regulation of water and electrolyte balance, and support of acid-alkali equilibrium. However, the kidneys also perform other functions that cannot replace dialysis therapy, so …
Some people have been living with kidney diseases for years and are able to maintain their functioning at a certain level. Others are rapidly progressing to renal failure. Kidney failure means your kidneys have lost most of their functional ability: …
