Kidney Total Care - Dr. B.K. Upadhyay

The body’s ability to filter blood, remove unwanted and harmful minerals and extra water out of blood, and help control your blood pressure is affected when kidneys are diseased. It can also affect red blood cell production and vitamin D metabolism needed for bone health.  The human body bears two fist-sized, bean-shaped kidneys on either side of your spine, just above the waist. When kidneys get damaged, waste products and fluid can build up in the body and can cause swelling in your ankles, nausea, weakness, poor sleep, and shortness of breath. Without treatment, the damage can get worse and kidneys may eventually stop working. It can get life-threatening for some people. Function of Kidneys  Removes waste from blood generated after digestion, muscle activity, and exposure to chemicals or medications. Balance of water and minerals (such as sodium, potassium, and phosphorus) in blood. Produces Renin to help to manage blood pressure. Produces erythropoietin, which prompts your...

Kidneys are the sieve for the human body, which should be taken care of well. A pair of kidneys filters blood and excrete the waste out through urine, but only when this is in the perfect condition.  What is kidney failure? Losing more than 90% of their function is considered a kidney failure that can be fatal for human life.  Types of kidney failures: Acute kidney failure is a sudden loss of kidney function. It’s usually reversible with the right kidney failure treatment . Chronic kidney failure is a gradual loss of kidney function. It gets worse over time and isn’t reversible. Prevention Control Blood Pressure Control Blood sugar Maintain a healthy weight Healthy diet should be taken Reduce salt intake Drink enough water Limit alcohol and avoid smoking Limit unnecessary medication Reduce stress Exercise regularly Symptoms Failed kidney cause waste accumulation in the body causing several symptoms including: Nausea and vomiting Loss of appetite Seizures  Decreased urine ...

Nephrologists or a kidney doctors are searched in the hour of kidney crisis. The kidney is a paired organ that is bean-shaped and is as big as our fist. The kidney filters the blood and removes wastes, controls the body's fluid balance, and keeps the right levels of electrolytes. Blood moves through the kidney, waste gets removed, and salt, water, and minerals are adjusted if needed. The filtered blood goes back into the body. Waste gets turned into the urine, which gets collected in the kidney's pelvis - a funnel-shaped structure that drains down a tube called the ureter to the bladder. Now, this is how the Kidney works and everything is perfectly fine until the kidney functions smoothly. The problem arises when it doesn’t work?  Finding the best doctor for kidney in Faridabad is a hustle then, however, the process can be made easier by finding a doctor with the following qualities: 1. Word of mouth – This is one way that has been used for ages of finding out from people who...

Physicians are generally the ones who primarily diagnose an individual with its ailment if any. There are specialists for different diseases. For instance, a nephrologist means an expert in diagnosing and treating kidney conditions. It could be a metabolic disorder or high blood pressure.  How do nephrologists start the treatment?  Basically, the role of a nephrologist is to check the kidney and its functioning. Status and stage of disease if any would be determined through test only. A nephrologist if detects the need for dialysis or transplant will discuss its details with the patient or refer the patient to a transplant center. Medical history and a complete check-up are what the nephrologist would first want from the patient. Blood and urine will be checked in the laboratory to know to see if the kidneys are functioning well.  There’s also an ultrasound that is often asked from a patient to know details about the kidney and its functioning. A biopsy is conducted in a ...

Kidney, a pair of bean-shaped organs works as a filter in the human body. It flushes out waste and toxins out of the blood. This helps in the purification of blood flowing in the veins. The kidney is made up of nephrons. These nephrons build a network that excretes waste and excess water content. Waste can include an excess of Phosphorus, Sodium, Fluid, Creatinine, Urea, etc. What does Kidney do? The kidney is useful and part many internal processes of a human body: 1. Waste Removal 2. Excess Fluid removal 3. Maintains blood pressure 4. Builds red blood cells With all that kidney does in a healthy body, it makes kidney undauntedly important. Kidneys filter 45 gallons of blood to remove the waste products mixed in the blood. Waste if not excreted can cause toxins and damage tissues and organs. What happens after kidney failure? When the kidneys stop working the waste materials are not flushed out. They keep accumulating in the body and increase the blood pressure to an abnormal level. T...

First, let us understand what do kidneys do? Kidneys are 2 bean-shaped organs on either side of the spine, below your ribs and behind your belly. Each kidney is as big as our first approx. 4 or 5 inches big. The kidneys filter blood and remove waste. They are an important component of the urinary tract connected through 2 ureters to the bladder, which stores urine. Urine is the waste excluded by kidneys; it consists of acid produced by the cells, water, salts, and minerals like Calcium, Sodium, Phosphorus and Potassium. There are few common believes about kidney disease, not all of them are true.  Let's discuss what’s true and whatnot.  1. They say the frequency of urine indicates the health of your kidney. It has little to do with frequency and output. In the certain disease of the kidney, the output may fall. But alone the decreased output should not be regarded as an indicator of kidney’s health as even normal output and frequency may not excrete waste properly. Dialysis th...

Basically, a healthy kidney removes waste from the blood. They also flush fluid from the body. Now, waste means the excess of chemicals, minerals, elements, mainly acquired through our diet. Waste can also include the excess of Phosphorus, Sodium, Fluids, Creatinine, Urea etc. One can reduce waste build-up by controlling diet constituting both solids and liquid. If not taken care of, this can make one sick between the dialysis. Diet hence forms an important part of treatment for patients undergoing kidney dialysis. For a patient under kidney dialysis following things matter the most: -  1) Right kind and amount of diet.  2) Medicines on time.  3) Dialysis as prescribed. Between dialysis sessions, certain types of diet if taken can cause wastes to build up quickly. A kidney treatment session may not be able to remove all that extra build-up.  Dietary control of fluids Kidney dialysis removes extra fluid from the body. But it has a limit and hence between the dialysis,...