Kidney

Pyelonephritis is also known as a kidney infection. It occurs when there is backflow of urine that travels to the renal pelvis of the kidney. The backflow of urine contains bacteria which interfere with the kidney causing this condition. If this condition is not treated promptly, it can lead to kidney damage. Women have a greater risk of kidney infection than do men. “A woman's urethra is much shorter than a man's, so bacteria have less distance to travel from outside the body to the bladder. The

The waiting list for a kidney is currently around 93,000 patients. In the time in which a patient is waiting for a kidney, they often die or become to sick to undergo surgery. An increase in donors would allow for more people to be saved before it’s too late. A well regulated system would also serve to benefit patients. To increase donors the government could offer tax breaks for donors. Many organ donations come from deceased people after accidents. If the government offered minor tax breaks for

“Kidneys for Sale” by Miller, Benjamin, and North is about the transplant donor system. It is explained in the beginning of the paper how it is against the law to sell or pay for organs, but it is legal to pay the surgeons to perform the transplant and the hospital to make profit on the operation room used. It is also legal for people to sell their sperm, eggs, and even their blood, but illegal to sell their organs. One can receive an organ as a gift. For example, if their parent decides to donate

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is often characterized by a rapid decline in renal excretory function, and/or a significant decrease in urine output (SOURCE). The exact level of function loss required to be defined as AKI has been debated; however, the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) has released a widely accepted system used to define AKI and its varying levels of severity (1). The stages of AKI severity are classified as: risk, injury, failure, loss of function, and end-stage kidney disease, collectively

Kidney failure is a public health problem, which has dramatic effects on patients' health. In some causes it is associated with increased mortality. It is estimated that 4,270 patients die from kidney failure.1 Thus, it is considered a serious threat to millions of patients with kidney failure. This research paper, is to provide a general overview of the causes of kidney failure, shedding light on it stages, symptoms and risk factors. It also examines the process of kidney transplantation to treat

000 cases of kidney stones that surface in the United States. In fact, about one in every seven people will acquire a kidney stone in their lifetime, although the intensity will vary. Kidney stones range in size from only a couple of millimeters to over ten millimeters wide. With a greater diameter of the stones comes a lower chance that the stone will be passed naturally. Bigger stones can even lead to the blockage of the ureters, which are the tubes that filter fluids from the kidneys to the bladder

as polycystic kidney syndrome. it is a genetic disease in which abnormal cysts develop in the kidneys. Cystic disorders can be seen even after a few weks of birth. This disease also occurs in some animals such as british short hair, selkrik rex, Scottish fold, the birmen, devon rex, maine coon. PKD is identified by the presence of multiple cysts which is why it is called polycystic . these cysts are filled with fluid which causes the increase the size of kidney. Polycystic kidney disease is passed

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a disorder in which clusters of cysts develop primarily within your kidneys. Cysts are noncancerous round sacs that vary in size containing water-like fluid (Igarashi, 2002). This can be associated with a number of conditions, including: High blood pressure, Urinary and kidney infections, Kidney stones, and Kidney failure (Audrézet, 2012). Furthermore, Kidney failure resulting from PKD is caused by a combination of Pressure from expanding cysts, compressing normal

Chronic kidney disease Everglades University Gia Davis Dr. Cesar Irrazy Abstract Chromic Kidney Disease is a disease that affects 80 percent of the United States population. Though it may seem to come suddenly, it can be prevented and treated by monitoring what you put into the body and how the body functions. Also, knowing the different stages of the disease can help you recognize what is happening to the body and how to help it to recover. Many people are diagnosed

Most people have two kidneys, both of which are located on the right and left sides in the upper abdominal, near the back (National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), 2012). The kidneys play a major role of homeostasis within the body. A brief overview of the kidney include: the cortex which is the outer most layer and the medulla which is the inner most layer of the kidney. Inside of the medulla are renal pyramids, which consist of a network of millions of nephrons, sub-units that filter