Kidney and Urology
The human body has two kidneys the size of a fist, located near the middle of the back just below the rib cage, that filter the blood and remove the toxins and excess water by turning it into urine, which in turn comes out of the urethra, and then into the bladder that stores the urine until the person takes it out.
Types of kidney disease:
1-Chronic kidney disease:
The patient suffers that the kidneys do not function normally, and kidney tissue is slowly destroyed over several years.
2-Acute kidney failure:
It is a sudden failure in kidney function where you cannot filter the blood from toxins, and therefore toxins accumulate at high levels and the patient's condition rapidly worsens within hours or days.
3-Other problems include:
Infections, cancer, stones
Reasons:
-Genetic causes.
-Diabetes
-High blood pressure
-Immune kidney infections.
-Kidney cysts.
-Use harmful drugs for kidneys in the long term.
Risk factors:
1-Diabetes mellitus.
2-High blood pressure.
3-Age.
4-Smoking.
5-Obesity.
6-Having a family history of kidney disease.
7-Liver and Heart Diseases
Symptoms:
Symptoms usually appear in the advanced stages, and symptoms include:
1-Fatigue all the time as a result of a person's anemia, which in turn causes a feeling of fatigue and cold.
2-Shortness of breath even after simple voltage
3-Swelling of the hands, feet, or face: This is because the fluids that the kidneys are supposed to take out remain in the blood.
4-Feeling a strange taste in the mouth resembles the taste of minerals: due to the gathering of harmful substances in the blood.
5-Bad breath.
6-Stomach disorder and feeling nauseous or vomiting, loss of appetite.
7-Appearance of bubbles with urine: due to the presence of protein in urine.
8-When urine is dark in color or contains blood.
9-Lower back pain
When to visit a doctor?
If you have a medical condition that increases the risk of kidney disease, the doctor is likely to check blood pressure and kidney function as well as to request laboratory circumvention such as: analysis of blood and urine.
Treatment:
-Change the lifestyle to a healthy one.
-A commitment to medication to control associated problems (such as high blood pressure, sugar and high cholesterol).
-In advanced cases of temporal kidney disease may require:
Dialysis.
kidney transplant.
Prevention:
Avoid over-medication without a prescription.
Control of chronic diseases that may lead to kidney damage (such as hypertension and diabetes).
Maintaining physical activity and a healthy weight
Refrain from smoking.
How do we know our proper daily need for water?
There is no quantity suitable for everyone, but we recommend drinking 2 liters to 3 liters per day.
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