Your body needs kidney function to survive. If the kidneys aren’t doing their job, waste builds up in the bloodstream to become debilitating and ultimately life-threatening. Fortunately,dialysiscan take the place of some kidney functions and, along with medication and care, help a person live ...
Kidney disease doesn’t discriminate; people of all backgrounds get it. However, multiple barriers contribute to inequity in kidney care, including systemic racial and ethnic biases, language, and cultural differences and where a person lives. These barriers make it more likely for certain people’s...
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Using propensity score matching to adjust for preoperative factors, a 螖single-kidney estimated glomerular filtration rate <9.3 ml/min/1.73 m2 was the only significant postoperative factor for poorly preserved remnant renal function (p=0.023). Conclusion: An increased 5-year follow-...
Ufuoma said she had migraines while growing up and consumed a lot of painkillers, stressing that she feels so stupid about it. The thespian also advised the general public to prioritize their health. She said,“My chronic kidney disease started from drug abuse first of all. I have be...
After six months, researchers found the high protein group had significantly improved their muscle function -- almost twice as much as the control group. "They were able to walk faster, had improved balance, and were also able to get up out of a chair faster than the control group." ...
In my opinion, a healthy diet should consist of mainly meat and some healthy vegetable that does not have a high amount of starch. Meat can provide the protein, fat, and essential amino acids that our body needs to function properly. Vegetables can provide different kinds of vitamins and min...
Even more importantly, in the long run, quitting smokingcutsthe risk of lung cancer, many other cancers (including laryngeal, oralcavity, stomach, esophageal, cervical, kidney, bladder, and colon cancers),heartdisease, stroke, and other lung or breathing (respiratory) diseases (for example, chron...
When people are diagnosed with a STEC infection, frequent monitoring of hemoglobin, platelet counts, electrolytes, and indicators of kidney function is recommended to detect early signs of HUS so that appropriate treatment can occur. When a patient tests positive for any type of STEC, an isolate...