Kidney Diseases Dictionary Index
This dictionary defines words that are often used when people talk or write about kidney diseases. It is designed for people who have kidney diseases and their families and friends.
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Function of the Kidneys
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Kidney Diseases That Can Complicate Pregnancy
Regardless of the aetiology of the pregnant patient presenting with pre-existing renal disease, there are several generalisations which can be made.
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S.
Kidney diseases. These include clusters of cysts in the kidneys (polycystic kidney disease), kidney infection (pyelonephritis) and a condition that causes your kidneys to leak protein into your urine (glomerulonephritis).
Kidney diseases can be serious, but early detection and proper treatment can increase the life of your kidneys. Kidney disease is not always accompanied by warning signs.
Kidney diseases and infections, such as polycystic kidney disease, pyelonephritis, and glomerulonephritis, or a kidney problem you were born with.
A narrowed or blocked renal artery. The renal artery carries blood to the kidneys.
Kidney diseases are very painful and they can be very harsh on the body. A kidney disease will feel like anything but what you would expect from it.
kidney diseases and kidney failure
reduced immunity, for example if you have HIV/AIDS or have had your spleen removed
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Kidney Diseases in Childhood
Kidneys and Urinary Tract
Urinary Tract Infections
Urine Test: Automated Dipstick Urinalysis
Urine Test: Calcium
Urine Test: Creatinine
Urine Test: Dipstick
Urine Test: Microalbumin-to-Creatinine Ratio
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Kidney diseases
Liver disease (for example, hepatitis, cirrhosis, orascites)
Decreased albumin may occur when your body does not get or absorb enough nutrients, such as: ...
Some kidney diseases begin without any symptoms. As the disease progresses, some of the following symptoms may develop: ...
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chronic kidney diseases
diseases in the arteries supplying the kidneys
chronic alcohol abuse
hormonal disturbances
endocrine tumours.
Inherited kidney diseases run in families. Although, nearly 25% of cases show no history and could result from an abnormal gene. That gene could continue through the generations.
Overview: Kidney diseases that involve structures in the kidney outside the ... Acute allergic interstitial nephritis should not be confused with the acute ...
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Inherited kidney diseases
Other medical conditions (lupus, cirrhosis)
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Inherited kidney diseases - Polycystic kidney disease, congenital obstructive uropathy, cystinosis, prune belly syndrome ...
Some chronic kidney diseases and chronic (persistent) kidney failure.
If the level of certain drugs that you are taking becomes too high in your body, particularly a drug called lithium.
Although other kidney diseases may have similar symptoms, it is common to at least suspect IgAN when both protein and blood are found in the urine (especially when occurring in conjunction with an upper respiratory infection.) ...
Heart, lung, and kidney diseases, as well as any illness that causes weakness or fever ...
Some of the cystic kidney diseases that children have are hereditary, so one parent may also be affected. For the majority of patients, however, there is already a known family history of a similar renal cystic condition.
The test may reveal kidney diseases, birth defects of the urinary system, tumors, kidney stones, or damage to the urinary system.
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed: ...
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Support Group
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Advances in Chronic Kidney Diseases
AIDS
AIDS Clinical Care
AIDS Patient Care and STDs
AJR American Journal of Roentgenology
Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Allergy
Allergy and Asthma Proceedings
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One of the objectives of diagnosis is to distinguish glomerular from non-glomerular kidney diseases. Idiopathic primary hematuric/proteinuric syndrome involves the glomeruli.
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), hemochromatosis is caused by an inherited defect in a gene, called HFE, that controls how much iron is absorbed from food.
A randomized, controlled trial supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases examined patients with chronic hepatitis C who had failed prior antiviral therapy.
Chronic diseases such as congenital heart disease, kidney diseases, asthma, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, Cushing's disease, hypothyroidism, and diabetes ...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the U.S.
Doctors have attempted to treat kidney diseases for centuries, but like many other medical conditions, it has only been in the past 75-100 years that any real headway has been made in treating these diseases.
The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health of the U.S.
Risk factors for spontaneous peritonitis include liver disease (cirrhosis) caused by alcoholism or other liver conditions, a group of kidney diseases (nephrotic syndrome), ulcer disease, appendicitis, and diverticulitis.
According to the American Kidney Fund, chronic kidney diseases affect more than 31 million people. More than 85,000 US adults die each year from kidney failure.
Cirrhosis is the 12th leading cause of death in the United States, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Some children have underlying medical conditions causing hypertension, such as kidney diseases, disorders of the endocrine system or blood vessel abnormalities.
To tame everyday stress, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recommends that people with IBS adopt a regular exercise routine, take up yoga or meditation and get plenty of sleep each night.
The study was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, ...
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (MedlinePlus)
Hypersensitivity Vasculitis (Allergic Vasculitis) (MedlinePlus)
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Illnesses that affect the immune system, such as diabetes, AIDS and chronic kidney diseases, increase the risk of urinary tract infections.
Digestive troubles of all kinds, kidney diseases and heart failure due to fatty heart are all of common occurrence. Also patients seem curiously susceptible to the poison of enteric fever, though the attack usually runs a mild course.
The hard water, which mainly has calcium and magnesium in it, will lower your chances of acquiring cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
Congenital heart disease
Kidney diseases
Asthma
Sickle cell anemia
Gastrointestinal disorders (eg, inflammatory bowel disease )
Lung conditions ( cystic fibrosis , severe asthma , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ) ...
Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Researchers funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) are conducting studies to understand how the IgA deposits are formed and whether dietary supplements such as fish oil or medications such as prednisone ...
Mayo Clinic specialists are experienced in treating nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD), a severe skin disorder that occurs in patients with kidney diseases.
National Institute Of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive And Kidney Diseases
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Ankylosis, Bone Osteoporosis, Cartilage Destruction, Deformity Of Joints, Erosions, Swelling Of Soft Tissues [x-ray Features Of Septic Arthritis] ...
Nephrotic syndrome may occur with many diseases, including the kidney diseases caused by type 2 diabetes. Prevention of nephrotic syndrome relies on controlling these diseases.
What are the symptoms of nephrotic syndrome?
Nephrology - the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases
Neurology - the diagnosis and medical treatment of the nervous system and brain, including conditions such as strokes and seizures ...
This is called proteinuria and is a common early feature of many kidney diseases. The condition will then progress at a variable rate, causing renal failure over a period of three months to ten years.
The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse collects resource information on digestive diseases for National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Reference Collection.
Several metabolic, liver, and kidney diseases can interrupt the normal functioning of the calcium/vitamin D system and lead to rickets.
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
American Academy of Family Physicians.
The Urology Institute.
WebMD Medical Reference from "The Gynecological Sourcebook." ...
Some of the kidney diseases in children for which transplants are done include the following. However, not all cases of the following diseases require kidney transplantation. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
National Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information Service: A service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH. Information on Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases: Cushing's Syndrome page.
Burns
Congestive heart failure
Diarrhea
Use of medications called diuretics, which increase urine output
Kidney diseases
Liver cirrhosis
Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH)
Sweating
Vomiting ...
The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Various blood disorders
Immune disorders, such as lupus, IgA nephropathy and scleroderma
Kidney diseases
Liver diseases
Prostate gland enlargement
Bladder outlet obstruction
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Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
American Gastroenterological Association
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases of the NIH
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2. National Diabetes Data Group. Diabetes in America, 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1995. NIH publication 1468-1995.
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