What is Chronic Kidney Disease?

When health problems affect your kidneys, they can cause CKD. This is permanent damage that may get worse over time. If they’re so damaged that they stop working, it’s called kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The treatment is usually either dialysis -- when a machine does the work your kidneys normally do, or a transplant -- when you get a new healthy kidney from a donor.

Diabetes and the Kidneys.

 This leading cause of kidney failure damages the organs’ small blood vessels and filters. That makes it difficult for them to clean your blood. Your body holds on to more salt and water than it should, and there’s more waste in your system. Nerve damage caused by the disease can make urine back up and harm your kidneys through pressure or infection.

Hypertension and the Kidneys.

If the force of blood flow through your body is too high, it can stretch and scar -- and weaken -- your blood vessels, including the ones in your kidneys. This can keep them from getting rid of waste the way they should, and the extra fluid in your blood vessels can raise your blood pressure even more, leading to a dangerous cycle. It’s treated with medication and changes to things like your diet, exercise habits, and stress level

High Cholesterol and the Kidneys.  

If you have too much bad cholesterol, it can build up in the vessels that   carry blood into and out of your kidneys, and that can affect how well they work. It also makes you more likely to have high blood pressure and diabetes. A blood test can tell you if your cholesterol level is too high.

 


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360 Care Approach

Why do you need a Vascular Access?

 Vascular access is a hemodialysis patient’s lifeline.  Vascular access makes life-saving hemodialysis treatments possible. The access is a surgically created vein used to remove and return blood during hemodialysis.

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Who need a Kidney Transplant?

When a person’s kidneys fail, kidney 

transplant and dialysis are the two 

types of treatment available to replace 

many of the functions of healthy 

kidneys. Many people feel that a successful 

a kidney transplant offers a better quality 

of life than dialysis. This is because 

a transplant allows for considerably 

greater freedom (no need to spend 

time on dialysis), increased energy 

levels, and a less restricted diet. In 

addition, studies have shown that 

people who receive kidney transplants 

live longer than those who remain

on dialysis.

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Are you at risk?

One in three American adults has high 

blood pressure—that’s an estimated 

67 million people. Anyone, including children, can develop it. 

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Who should get a Kidney Biopsy?

Specific reasons to do a kidney biopsy include:

• Blood in the urine (hematuria) 

• Protein in the urine (proteinuria)

• Abnormal blood tests 

• Change in kidney function with no identifiable cause

• To evaluate a transplanted kidney

• To determine treatment or if treatment has been 

effective

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What are kidney stones?

Urine contains many dissolved minerals and salts. When the urine has high levels of minerals and salts, hard stones can form. These stones can be “silent” or very painful.

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