What is Chronic Kidney Disease?
When nephrons (functional unit of the kidney) are damaged, they stop functioning, placing added strain on the remaining healthy nephrons to sustain normal kidney function. However, if the damage continues, the remaining healthy nephrons become insufficient to maintain kidney function. This progressive loss in kidney function over a span of months or years is called chronic kidney disease.
Chronic kidney disease is a silent disease with no signs or symptoms until the late stage of the disease. This disease usually does not go away, instead, it progresses, unless early treatment to slow or halt the disease is ensured. It can also progress to kidney failure – a condition when kidneys cannot maintain their function anymore, posing a life-threatening risk.
What is the function of kidneys?
The main job of kidneys is to remove toxins and excess water from the blood. Kidneys also help to control body’s chemical balance, control blood pressure, to produce red blood cells and to keep the bones healthy.
What are the causes of Chronic Kidney Disease?
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- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Diabetes
- Morbid Obesity
- Inflammation (glomerulonephritis).
- Infections (pyelonephritis).
- Longstanding blockages to the urinary system : enlarged prostate or kidney stones
- Medications : certain medications such as prolonged use of some painkillers (analgesics), certain anti-cancer drugs and herbal medicines.
- Aging
- Environmental factors : exposure to toxins, and dietary habits.
How to prevent Chronic Kidney Disease?
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- Control the blood pressure, reduce salt intake to lower blood pressure
- Control blood glucose/sugar
- Control blood lipids
- No smoking
- Increase physical activity
- Control body weight and avoid obesity
What is the treatment?
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- Medicine
- Hemodialysis
- Kidney transplantation
What is Hemodialysis?
Hemodialysis is a process of filtering the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. Hemodialysis is the choice of renal replacement therapy for patients who need dialysis acutely, and for many patients as maintenance therapy.
When a person needs Hemodialysis?
A nephrologist decides when hemodialysis is needed and the various parameters for a dialysis treatment. These include frequency (how many treatments per week), length of each treatment, and the blood and dialysis solution flow rates, as well
as the size of the dialyzer.
Where patient can get Hemodialysis treatment?
Hemodialysis can be conducted at hospital or clinic which provide hemodialysis care. Or alternatively it also can be conducted at patient’s home.
What equipment needed during Hemodialysis?
- Hemodialysis machine : the hemodialysis machine pumps the patient’s blood and the dialysate through the dialyzer.
- Water system : an extensive water purification system is critical for hemodialysis.
- Dialysate / dialysis fluid : concentrate solution which contains of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium.
- Dialyzer : the piece of equipment that filters the blood.
- Medical devices : AV fistula Needle, Blood line.
- Vascular Access: Hemodialysis Catheter, A.V Shunt, A.V Graft.
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