Kidney Disease, Causes and Treatment
What Healthy Kidneys do: • Keep balance of water and minerals in your blood • Make renin which your body uses to help manage your blood pressure • Make erythropoietin, a chemical that triggers the production of red blood cells in your body
• Make an Active form of vitamin D, needed for bone health Chronic Kidney Disease: When your kidneys don’t work well for a duration of 3 months or more, doctors called it chronic kidney disease. You may not have any symptoms in the early stages, which is also the best time to begin treatment. Diabetes (type 1 and 2) and high blood pressure are the most common causes of chronic kidney disease. High blood sugar levels and high blood pressure cause wear and tear on your blood vessels
Other Conditions: • Immune system disease; if your kidney disease is caused by lupus, doctors call it lupus nephritis • Pyelonephritis, a urinary tract infection within kidneys, can result in scarring • Inflammation in the tiny filters (glomeruli) in your kidneys. Can happen after a strep infection. • Polycystic kidney disease, a condition where fluid filled sacs form in your kidneys, can be caused by genetics. Drugs and toxins such as lead poisoning, long term use of anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen and naproxen, and use of IV street drugs can cause damage to the kidneys.
Treatment: • A procedure called dialysis where the blood is pumped out of the body and cleaned and then re administered into the blood stream • A kidney transplant surgery • Medical remedies can reverse impaired kidney function to heal your kidneys.
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