How to prevent progression of chronic kidney disease?
Chronic kidney disease develops after an insult to the kidney for many years. Once developed it’s not reversible. Treatment is mainly focussed to slow down the damaging process to the kidney and the...
View ArticleUltrasound examination of kidneys in chronic kidney disease
Ultrasonogram (USG) examination of the kidneys are very important in the process of diagnosis of chronic kidney disease. In case of chronic kidney disease both of the kidneys are generally small in...
View ArticleWhy insulin requirement decreases in diabetes patients with long term kidney...
Those people who are suffering from diabetes and taking insulin probably become happy when their doctor decreases their dose of insulin or stops insulin. But if a person is suffering from chronic...
View ArticleShould you drink plenty of water in chronic kidney problems?
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View ArticleShould we eat less amount of protein (e.g. meat and fish) in case of chronic...
Generally in advanced cases of kidney failure, protein diet restriction is advised. Why? The protein products like meat and fish, which we eat get degraded in our body and these degraded metabolites...
View ArticleWhat is the normal volume of urine passed by adults per day?
In normal health condition on average an adult produces about 1-2 litres of urine per day.Filed under: Health, Medical Tagged: Day, Kidney, Urine, Volume
View ArticleWhat is the meaning of oliguria, oligoanuria and anuria?
Oliguria is a health condition when an individual passes less than 400ml urine per day. Oligoanuria is a condition when urine passage reduces further and becomes less than 100 ml per day. Whereas...
View ArticleChronic kidney disease (CKD) and intravenous cannulation
CKD patients are likely candidates who will probably require hemodyalisis in future. To perform a hemodyalisis an arteriovenous shunt is required. Therefore, treating physicians must keep this thing in...
View ArticleSignificance of high amylase levels in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients
Blood amylase levels in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients can be three times higher than the normal value with out any evidence of pancreatic disease. This happens because amylase molecules […]
View ArticleChronic kidney disease and protein diet
Generally in advanced cases of kidney failure, protein diet restriction is advised. Why? The protein products like meat and fish, which we eat get degraded in our body and these degraded metabolites...
View ArticleChronic kidney disease (CKD) and intravenous cannulation
CKD patients are likely candidates who will probably require hemodyalisis in future. To perform a hemodyalisis an arteriovenous shunt is required. Therefore, treating physicians must keep this thing in...
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