Kidney disease types, symptoms, risk factors, and educational resources to improve the patient experience over a lifetime of the kidney healthcare continuum.
Fabry disease inheritance happens in an X-linked dominant manner, meaning a person only has to inherit one mutated copy of GLA on a single X chromosome for Fabry to manifest.Because women have two X chromosomes and men have only one, with the other being the Y chromosome, when a man ...
belly, or groin. Your doctor might refer to this symptom as renal colic. This is pain that happens when a stone has moved out of your kidneys and into your urinary tract, where it's gotten stuck.
Kidney Donation Surgery: What Happens Kidney Donation and Transplant During kidney donation surgery, a donor's healthy kidney is transplanted into a person with kidney failure. The new kidney takes the place of that person's two other kidneys to filter the body's waste. Getting a kidney donatio...
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Hypoglycemia is a serious condition that happens when your blood glucose (sugar) level drops too low. The blood sugar level is usually too high in a person with diabetes, but the level can also drop too low. It is important to follow your diabetes management plan to keep your blood sugar...
Although the literature has shown there to be an increased bleeding risk associated with diagnoses such as acute tubular necrosis, autoimmune conditions, and hypertensive kidney disease, no associations have been substantiated consistently [19]. Given the low rate of major complications, our cohort did...
Always contact your healthcare professional when a lot of leg swelling happens really quickly. This could be a sign of a blood clot. And if your heart isn’t pumping like it should — or if your liver or kidneys aren’t filtering like they should — fluid overload occurs, and swollen ...
Adhesive capsulitis happens when tissues in your shoulder tighten and swell. The condition is often called frozen shoulder because the swollen tissues cause pain and decrease your shoulder movement.What are the signs and symptoms of adhesive capsulitis?
What happens if Crohn’s is left untreated? The ongoing inflammation that comes with Crohn's can lead to a number of complications. One common digestive issue is an intestinal blockage, which occurs when inflammation causes scar tissue to build up and constrict an area of the intestines. Other...