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    Diabetes insipidus is a disorder that causes an imbalance of water in the body because the kidneys are not functioning correctly (cite). It is caused by a lack of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) which prevents dehydration. Individuals with this disorder produces excessive urination and polydipsia (cite). Although diabetes insipidus and mellitus sound related, they are not. Diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2 are more common forms of diabetes (cite). To diagnose diabetes insipidus, a doctor could use the

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    Essay On Rhabdomyolysis

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    are harmful to the kidney and often cause kidney damage. When muscle is damaged, a protein called myoglobin is released into the bloodstream. It is then filtered out of the body by the kidneys. Myoglobin breaks down into substances that can damage kidney cells( Medline, 2015). Serum Creatine Kinase (CK) is most useful in the measurement in the condition. CK levels greater than 1000 units/L are indicative of the condition, levels that exceed 5000 unit/L indicate acute renal failure. Rhabdomyolyis, is

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    over the rate of 140/90 is considered hypertension. A constant high blood pressure needs to be maintained and check regularly. An uncontrolled or undetected hypertension can silently damage vital organs of the body affecting the heart, brain, and kidneys. The heart is responsible for pumping blood throughout the entire body. Uncontrolled hypertension can harm the

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    Kidney- They filter the blood and produce urine composed of wastes and extra fluid. Veins and arteries- The arteries are perceived as caring oxygenated blood to the tissue and the veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Lungs- They allow oxygen in the air to be taken into the body, while also allowing the body to get rid of carbon dioxide. Bladder- The bladder is a muscular sac in the pelvis. The bladder stores the urine. How do these organs work together in the system? These organs work

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    Urine Analysis Lab

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    The urine analysis lab consist of testing for the presence of nitrite, urobilinogen, pH, protein, blood, specific gravity, ketones, bilirubin, glucose, and phosphates. To determine if one of these chemicals were present a control had to be establish to demonstrate a negative result, and be able to see what a positive result looked like by comparing the urine to the control. The control for this lab was distilled water. Prior to the lab, a test strip was dipped into the distilled water, and all tests

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    Aawkd Informative Speech

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    your prospective baby boy has Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD). ARPKD is inherited recessively so you are both most likely carriers of the disease. There is no good way to say this but that means you have a 50% chance of having a child with ARPKD. From our last ultrasound we saw that his kidney was abnormally large for a fetus his age and we believe we’ve also located a cyst. ARPKD causes cysts to grow in your kidney. Cysts a sac that contains fluid and can interfere with the

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    on the lower class. There are many people who are willing to sell one of their kidneys especially the poor people. Joanna then begins to tell how it is a lower risk to do the operation and it is completely up to the seller if they want to take this risk or not with the operation for the money. She states how this is completely voluntary and how she feels that giving people the opportunity to sell one of their kidneys would increase the number of donors and potentially save many more lives. You are

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    over the rate of 140/90 is considered hypertension. A constant high blood pressure needs to be maintained and check regularly. An uncontrolled or undetected hypertension can silently damage vital organs of your body affecting the heart, brain, and kidneys. Your heart is responsible for pumping blood throughout your entire body. Uncontrolled hypertension can damage your heart in numerous amounts of ways. When hypertension affects the

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    Renal mass:- The presence of polycystic kidney disease is a formal contraindication to renal biopsy. Large cysts and renal neoplasm are not an absolute contraindication if they are well localized, renal biopsy under the guidance of ultrasonography or an open surgical biopsy should be done in these cases. 2. Single kidney:- This condition is generally considered as a contraindication to percutaneous renal biopsy. An exception is the transplanted kidney, which is commonly biopsied both because it

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    Urinary Tract Infection

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    after urination or urine have a really bad smell, difference in colour being more dark, cloudy or bloody. The fever is another symptom commonly in young children the only symptom of UTI maybe fever as the lack of more obvious reasons. In the case of kidney infection the patient may also experience chills, back pain and lower abdominal pain. The common UTI symptoms in elderly person are usually missing but they may show change in mental status or fatigue as the

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