How to Understand Bright's Disease
Nephritis, also known as Bright's disease, can be acute or chronic. Treatment requires extensive and professional medical care. Realize that Bright's disease is a general term used to describe a whole assortment of diseases that cause ... [... more]
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How to Treat Childhood Hydronephrosis
Often discovered before birth through ultrasound technology, hydronephrosis is the swelling of a part of the kidney. The lower portion of the kidney that transfers urine to the bladder fills with the urine, making it stretch. Caused by a blockage ... [... more]
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How to Diagnose Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem. In the U.S., the number of patients enrolled in the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) program (Medicare funded program) has increased from 10,000 in 1973 to 472,099 in 2004. In 2004 alone, ... [... more]
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How to Dissolve a Kidney Stone
My mother suffered with kidney stones. So much so that back in the 1950's when they did not know that much about the condition, the doctor remove one of her kidneys. Mother lived for more than 40 years with one kidney. However, it meant being ... [... more]
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How to Prevent Kidney Failure
Kidney failure is the final step of kidney disease. It occurs when the kidneys can no longer process fluid normally. When kidney failure occurs, the patient typically has to go on dialysis, which is when a machine performs the function of the ... [... more]
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How to Avoid and Cure Bladder Infection
They can be irritating and sometimes extremely painful. You feel like you have to urinate constantly and when you get to the bathroom nothing comes out. It is a condition that affects at least 40% of all women in their lifetime. It is called ... [... more]
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How to Lessen Risk of Kidney Stones
Once a person has had an episode with kidney stones, they are more than likely to experience future bouts with kidney stones sometime during their life. Kidney stones are often a painful nuisance that occur when crystals of calcium, phosphates, ... [... more]
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How to Prevent Kidney Stones
If you are prone to kidney stones or feel you are at risk of forming them, this advice may help you prevent the painful stone formation. Get plenty of exercise. Exercise helps encourage calcium to go to bone rather than stone formation. Drink ... [... more]
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How to Become a LIVE organ donor
What can be more important than life itself? I'm sure all of us are aware that there are many thousands of people on organ donor waiting lists but very few likely know about a new website designed specifically to bring willing live donors ... [... more]
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How to Be an Organ Donor for a Kidney Transplant
Make sure your family knows that you are donating a kidney and gather friends and family who will support you during the donation process. Keep in mind that it is natural for some family members to be apprehensive about your becoming a live organ ... [... more]
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How to Determine if Cloudy Urine is Associated with ...
Cloudy urine can be indicative of a number of possible conditions: dehydration, urinary tract infection, a sexually transmitted disease, or a kidney condition. One such kidney condition, kidney stones are small crystallized salt or mineral stones ... [... more]
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