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 What
Are the Kidneys? |
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Most people are born with two
kidneys, each organ is about the size of a fist located just
below the rib cage on either side of the spine. Healthy
kidneys act like a filter to make sure the right amount of
wastes and fluids are removed, they keep the proper balance
of salts and acids in the body and produces hormones. Every
day our kidneys perform an essential job of filtering 200
quarts of blood, to remove about 2 quarts of waste products
and unneeded water. |
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How do
They Functions? |
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The kidneys are powerful
chemical factories that perform the following functions:
remove waste products from the body, remove drugs form the
body, balance the body's fluids.
Kidney release hormones that
regulate blood pressure, kidney also produce an active form
of vitamin D that promotes strong, healthy bones, and
control the production of red blood cells. |
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Symptoms of Kidney
Diseases
Although many forms of
kidney disease do not produce symptoms until late in the
course of the disease, there are at least six warning signs
that may indicate kidney disease:
Burning or difficulty
during urination, an increase in the frequency of
urination.Passage of blood in the urine, puffiness around
the eyes, swelling of the hands and feet, pain in the small
of the back just below the ribs and high blood pressure. |
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How to treat a Kidney Disease? |
Some kidney diseases can be successfully treated and others
progress to advanced kidney failure, requiring dialysis
and/or transplantation.
For example, kidney infections and kidney stones can often
be successfully treated. Chronic inflammation of the
glomerulus (glomerulonephritis) is the most common kidney
disease, which slowly progresses to kidney failure. |
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