Kidney Diseases

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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Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S.
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Kidney diseases, which usually involve both kidneys, are categorized as hereditary, congenital or acquired.
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Some kidney diseases, such as polycystic kidney disease (when the organs develop scores or even hundreds of small cysts) are inherited.
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Effect of coenzyme Q10 in patients with kidney diseases. Cas Lek Cesk 2000;140:307-310.
Ghirlanda, G., Oradei, A., Manto, A., Lippa, S., Uccioli, L., Caputo, S., Greco, A. V., and Littarru, G. P.
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Immunologically-mediated kidney diseases may involve autoantibodies (antibodies against the body's own tissue) directed against kidney antigens; ...
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - mission is to "conduct and support basic and applied research and provide leadership for a national program in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases; ...
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The hard water, which mainly has calcium and magnesium in it, will lower your chances of acquiring cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
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Diagnosis is difficult because of similarities with other kidney diseases. A kidney biopsy can be carried out. The gene is difficult to detect although genetic testing may be possible in families where the problem has already been thoroughly studied.
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Nephritis. A group of kidney diseases manifested by albumin in the urine and edema (swelling).
bronchi
The tubular passages, also called bronchial tubes, that carry air into the lungs.
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Some children have underlying medical conditions causing hypertension, such as kidney diseases, disorders of the endocrine system or blood vessel abnormalities.
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When the kidneys fail—which can happen as a result of a number of different disorders, only some of which are primarily kidney diseases—waste products build up in the blood, causing serious complications.
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Burns
Vomiting and diarrhea
Use of diuretics ("water pills"), especially of the type known as thiazide diuretics
Certain kidney diseases
Liver cirrhosis
Congestive heart failure
Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) ...
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Renal tubular acidosis, one of many kidney diseases, involves the failure to release acid into the urine. The acidosis produces weakness, headache, nausea, and cardiac arrest.
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Many cases of kidney disease in the United States are linked to serious medical conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes, but there some forms of kidney disease that have no known cause. FSGS, is one of the rare kidney diseases that cause ...
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The decision depends on remaining kidney function and other factors. A nephrologist, a physician who specialized in kidney diseases, and a registered dietitian can provide guidance on optimal protein intake.
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Other conditions that may cause glucose in urine include an adrenal gland problem, liver damage, brain injury, certain types of poisoning, and certain types of kidney diseases that decrease their ability to reabsorb glucose from the urine.
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The nephrotic syndrome can result from a number of conditions including streptococcal infection in children leading to chronic glomerulonephritis, reaction to toxins, diabetes, collagen disease, and other end-stage kidney diseases.
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Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH); funded by: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Diseases. Source: PR Newswire - 01/16/01.
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