Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease has several manifestations which are not confined to the kidney. These manifestations include the following.
It is very common for patients to have cysts on other organs of the body. The most common organ to find cysts other than in the kidney is the liver. Cysts in the liver may produce [...]
Recently I asked the question can you be too old for dialysis. Then today I noticed a news release based on an article published in the new England Journal of Medicine which suggests that elderly patients living in nursing homes may not be deriving significant benefit from dialysis. I had feedback on my own article, [...]
Overview of Goodpastures Syndrome.
A rapidly progressive form of kidney disease associated with antibodies directed against the structural components of the functional subunits of the kidney and the lung. The disease therefore gives rise to both lung and kidney pathology a situation termed pulmonary renal syndrome.
The exact cause is unknown. It is considered an [...]
Kidney stone pain or ureteric colic is perhaps the most feared symptom of urolithiasis. People who experience it at its worst will do anything that they have been told will help in the passing kidney stones. Because of this fact there are many questionable products on the market which claim to pass kidney stones [...]
An abstract from the Journal Oncology Reports. has brought Green Tea back into the news yet again.
EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), the major antioxidant found in green tea, has been shown to inhibit the growth of many tumor cells even inducing the tumor cells to spontaneously die by a process known as apoptosis. EGCG can inhibit one [...]
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Lupus nephritis an ominous name for a condition that most people would not have heard of. Chances are if you know the entity to which I am referring you either have this disease or know someone who does.
Lupus nephritis is the name given to inflammation of the kidney because of lupus. There are several flavors [...]
Spiegel and Chertow in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology have taken a look at the direction we are heading in the treatment of anemia in ESRD based on a few recent studies.
Their commentary is particularly interesting because it brings to light a new possible threat, the injudicious use of iron in [...]
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Exercise has proven health benefits in the normal population. These benefits are tied in some instances to weight loss. However the health benefits of exercise exceed that of weight loss alone. In a recent press release the American Society of Nephrology has made the statement “getting off the couch could could lead to [...]
Inflammation is defined by medicine.net as a basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness, warmth, swelling and pain. Inflammation is now recognized as a type of nonspecific immune response. This is a definition that everyone who has ever had a cut or bruise can [...]
Is there any such thing as being too old or too ill for dialysis?
That question is more than a little unfair.
A better question should be do the elderly derive benefit from dialysis?
If someone chooses not to take the option of dialysis what are their options?
How do these options compare in terms of outcome in the [...]
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