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Kidney Disease
Cats that have kidney disease commonly have other problems that need careful If the kidney disease progresses long enough the excess secretion of
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Extractions: Introduction One of the more common conditions encountered in pets, especially as they age, is kidney (renal) disease. This disease is particularly prevalent in older cats, and is called chronic renal failure (CRF). Click here if you would like to proceed right to the treatment of CRF. Cats that have kidney disease commonly have other problems that need careful attention if the kidney problem is to be treated successfully. Some of these other common problems are hyperthyroidism , heart disease, dental disease sugar diabetes (diabetes mellitus ), and high blood pressure (hypertension ) leading to blindness. This page describing kidney disease is very thorough. We have a summary page on kidney disease if that better suits your needs. Several medical terms are used when describing kidney disease: azotemia - excess nitrogenous waste products in the bloodstream hypophosphatemia - low blood phosphorous hypokalemia - low blood potassium level hyperphosphatemia - high blood phosphorous hyperkalemia - high blood potassium level polydypsia - excess drinking anemia - low red blood cells polyuria - excess urinating BUN - blood urea nitrogen PU/PD - polyuria and polydypsia GFR - glomerular filtration rate CRF -chronic renal failure hypertension - high blood pressure aRF - acute renal failure
Billy Preston Hospitalized With Kidney Disease
http://cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/28/us.people.preston.ap/index.html
Melanie's PKD Page
The personal story of experiences with polycystic kidney disease and resources.
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/ferndale/686/pkd.html

Extractions: Melanie's PKD Page This page is all about PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease). Even though very few people have heard of it, Polycystic Kidney Disease affects 600,000 people in the U.S. alone, and 12.5 million world wide. There are more people with PKD than cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, Downs syndrome and sickle cell anemia combined. Many PKD patients find it useful to have access to the same information as their doctors because many doctors are unfortunately pretty unfamiliar with the disease. I will try to bring you as much information and sources about the disease as possible. If you have any questions about PKD for any reason, or if you know of anyone who has the disease and is looking for more information or for support groups I encourage you to contact any of the sources I have listed here, or to ask me a question . I would also appreciate an email if you have any pertinent information I should add to this page. PKD has been a profound part of my life so far, and will only continue to become more so. Likewise, the information on this page is just the beginning, and will continue to grow as time and research allows. If there is just one person out there that this page might help, I will be grateful for having the opportunity to make a difference.
Polycystic Kidney Disease Chat & Community
Hi there! I have PKD and started this caring support group 5yrs ago. Being as weare a close group PLEASE use a first name and NOT a wierd or strange screen
http://communities.msn.com/PolycysticKidneydiseasechatcommunity/home.htm

Extractions: Chat Times Sunday,Tuesday,Thursday @9pm.EST Code of Conduct I will NOT tolerate for any reason the following No flamming of members No profanity EVER No dirty jokes allowed on boards or chat!! Also, please do NOT give out MEDICAL ADVICE . We are a SUPPORT GROUP only. We share our experiences, strenghts and hopes here. We are a family rated group. We invite your friends to join in and learn about PKD also. They are welcome to post and join us in our chat room. If you are interested in becoming a PKD Chapter Coordinator, please contact the PKD Foundation by email at WWW.PKDCURE.ORG We will be more than happy to talk to you about this great experience. Also, if you would like to make a monitary contribution to the PKD Foundation, you can do so by contacting them at WWW.PKDCURE.ORG You can call the PKD Foundation Toll Free at Our site managers are as follows: Please feel free to talk to these wonderful members at anytime.
CNN.com - Actor Raising Kidney Disease Awareness - Sep. 26, 2003
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/09/26/hln.bio.glover/index.html

Extractions: *All times Eastern (CNN) Movie star and political activist Danny Glover is best known for his role as Sgt. Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon films, and it's his warm-hearted relationship with Mel Gibson's character which keeps movie patrons coming back. But when I caught up with Glover recently, he told me how his "real-life" relationship with his late father is one he cherishes the most. "I have great memories of my father. He was absolutely the most beautiful man I ever met in my life," Glover said. In 2001, James Glover passed away from complications related to kidney disease. His son, however, says that his father faced his six-year battle with the disease with determination and a positive attitude.
Polycystic Kidney Disease - Digestion And Digestive-related Information On Medic
Digestion information covering the digestion system and related diseases, proceduresand tests, medications, and treatments. Produced by doctors.
http://www.medicinenet.com/polycystic_kidney_disease/article.htm

Extractions: Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a disorder that is characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys. The cysts are filled with fluid. PKD cysts can replace much of the mass of the kidneys, thereby reducing kidney function and leading to kidney failure The kidneys are two organs, each about the size of a fist, that are located in the upper part of the abdomen, towards the back. The kidneys filter wastes from the blood to form urine. They also regulate amounts of certain vital substances in the body. When PKD causes kidneys to fail, which usually happens only after many years, the patient requires dialysis or kidney transplantation. About one-half of people with the primary form of PKD progress to kidney failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Access Center
Information about polycystic kidney disease, its symptoms, causes and progression. Research and support group.
http://www.nhpress.com/pkd/index.html
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
This section is devoted to those recently diagnosed with kidney disease or whomay be predisposed to kidney disease. Please browse through the information
http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/ckd.htm

Extractions: This section is devoted to those recently diagnosed with kidney disease or who may be predisposed to kidney disease Please browse through the information and e-mail info@aakp.org if you have any questions, suggestions or comments. Don't forget to share the information you learned with your friends, family members or colleagues. CKD Magazine CKD Book Kidney Beginnings: The Magazine made its debut in August 2002. This magazine contains feature articles on healthy living for those with chronic kidney disease and their family members. Please click the links below to read recent articles or to join the mailing list for AAKP's new magazine. Articles Mailing List Kidney Beginnings: A Patient's Guide To Living With Reduced Kidney Function is a 62-page book with information to help patients take control of their healthcare and preserve and protect their kidney function.
Kidney Disease And Lupus - Lupus Foundation Of America, Inc.
The two medical terms for the kidney disease that occurs in systemic lupus Also, signs or symptoms of kidney disease that can be confused with lupus
http://www.lupus.org/education/brochures/kidney.html
Cause-and-effect Metabolic Disorders Are Always Given Grandiose Disease Names By
is basically a prediabetes blood suger metabolic disorder) to chronic kidneydisease. See more articles on Syndrome X diabetes kidney disease
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Kidney Disease
As kidney disease progresses, physical changes in the kidneys often lead toincreased blood pressure. Uncontrolled hypertension can make the progress toward
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Extractions: Skip Navigation home about us referring ... Kidney Disease According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), high blood pressure for adults is defined as: 140 mm Hg or greater systolic pressure and 90 mm Hg or greater diastolic pressure In an update of NHLBI guidelines for hypertension in 2003, a new blood pressure category was added called prehypertension: and The new NHLBI guidelines now define normal blood pressure as follows: Less than 120 mm Hg systolic pressure and Less than 80 mm Hg diastolic pressure Nephropathy is the deterioration of the kidneys. The final stage of nephropathy is called end-stage renal disease, or ESRD. Diabetes is the most common cause of ESRD, accounting for more than 43 percent of cases. About 17 million people in the US have diabetes, and more than 100,000 people have ESRD as a result of diabetes. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes can lead to diabetic nephropathy, although type 1 is more likely to lead to ESRD. There are five stages of diabetic nephropathy, or deterioration of the kidneys. The fifth stage is ESRD. Progress from one stage to the next can take many years, with 23 years being the average length of time to reach stage five.
Polycystic Kidney Disease Chat & Community
A place where people with PKD, friends and family members can go for support. With many links for dialysis information and offers weekly chats and message boards.
http://groups.msn.com/PolycysticKidneydiseasechatcommunity/

Extractions: Chat Times Sunday,Tuesday,Thursday @9pm.EST Code of Conduct I will NOT tolerate for any reason the following No flamming of members No profanity EVER No dirty jokes allowed on boards or chat!! Also, please do NOT give out MEDICAL ADVICE . We are a SUPPORT GROUP only. We share our experiences, strenghts and hopes here. We are a family rated group. We invite your friends to join in and learn about PKD also. They are welcome to post and join us in our chat room. If you are interested in becoming a PKD Chapter Coordinator, please contact the PKD Foundation by email at WWW.PKDCURE.ORG We will be more than happy to talk to you about this great experience. Also, if you would like to make a monitary contribution to the PKD Foundation, you can do so by contacting them at WWW.PKDCURE.ORG You can call the PKD Foundation Toll Free at Our site managers are as follows: Please feel free to talk to these wonderful members at anytime.
TMR - Polycystic Kidney Disease
This was my first exposure to polycystic kidney disease. Polycystic kidneydisease causes fluidfilled cysts to form in the kidneys, disrupting the
http://medicalreporter.health.org/tmr0795/polycyst0795.html

Extractions: By Joel R. Cooper Several years ago, I dated a woman whose father, a big computer company executive, had polycystic kidney disease. He received dialysis treatments at home, and was okay for a while, then developed complications and died. I remember seeing him at home on that machine which took blood from his body, then routed it into its mechanical innards and back into him after cleansing it somehow. Having never worked in a clinical environment before, seeing him lying there hooked up to a machine upon which he depended for life made me feel queasy and uncomfortable. Perhaps the experience reminded me of the fragility of life in general and my own mortality in particular. This was my first exposure to polycystic kidney disease. It had an impact. The woman, too, had the disease, which was genetically passed on to her from her father. A ballet instructor and choreographer, she's still very much alive today, but she has to be careful about her health and diet. And she knows her future is not necessarily very bright. She could die the same way her father did, if medical science can't produce a more palatable outcome for her. 600,000 Americans have the same disease she does, yet it's hardly a household term like AIDS. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), sometimes called autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, is a life-threatening genetic disorder that eventually produces end-stage renal (kidney) disease in the majority of cases. Patients progressing to end-stage renal disease, must have either hemodialysis (a removal of the toxic substances in the blood by a machine that acts as an artificial kidney) or a kidney transplant to survive. According to the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri USA, an estimated 5 to 10 million people have the disease worldwide.
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Diabetes and kidney disease Explains how diabetes affects the kidneys, Source National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and kidney diseases (NIDDK)
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4 Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney failure is the most significant result of chronic kidney disease.When kidney function has deteriorated and is no longer adequate to sustain
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Extractions: Lead Agency: National Institutes of Health [Note: The National Library of Medicine has provided PubMed links to available references that appear at the end of this focus area document.] Contents Goal Page 4- Overview . Page 4- ... . Page 4- Reduce new cases of chronic kidney disease and its complications, disability, death, and economic costs. Chronic kidney failure is the most significant result of chronic kidney disease. When kidney function has deteriorated and is no longer adequate to sustain life and the process is considered irreversible, renal replacement therapy (RRT)dialysis or transplantationbecomes necessary to maintain life. Treated chronic kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is the most feared consequence of kidney disease. Chronic renal insufficiency, however, is more common than treated chronic kidney failure and can also severely affect health and well-being. Therefore, ideally, programs should be directed at preventing the development of chronic renal insufficiency and its subsequent progression to ESRD. Unfortunately, chronic renal insufficiency is usually asymptomatic, and the exact number of people affected is unknown. The best available estimates are based on national surveys. Current estimates indicate approximately 10 million persons aged 12 years and older have some form of chronic kidney disease.
National Kidney Foundation Of East Tennessee
Information about services, fundraising activities, kidney disease, organ donation and other topics.
http://www.kidneyetn.org

Extractions: - Contact Kidney Cars The National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee works for, cares about, and represents thousands of East Tennesseans, from the five year old that wets the bed to the diabetic mother to the father with high blood pressure to the grandfather on dialysis. We hold closest the dialysis patients, the transplant recipients, and those who have been recently diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. And that includes families. When someone is on dialysis, a family lives with it; when someone dies and organ donation is a possibility, a family decides; when early identification of kidney disease occurs, a family participates in the treatment; and when someone needs a transplant, a family waits. There are many forms of Kidney Disease from Kidney Stones to Kidney Cancer. Some have long, daunting names like Glomerulonephritis, Glomerulosclerosis, or Microalbuminuria. Some are classified as "syndromes", such as Alport Syndrome, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Some require aggressive treatment, others, drug therapy, while a few conditions can be controlled with simple changes in diet and routine.
Northwest Community Healthcare
Your center for information on kidney disease. kidney diseaseRelatedComplementary and Alternative Medicine. Search complementary and alternative
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American Kidney Fund
Information about this national voluntary health organization, as well as kidney disease facts.
http://www.kidneyfund.org

Extractions: document.writeln(""); En Español Financial Aid for Kidney Patients Order Brochures MIKE (Minority Intervention and Kidney Education Program) ... Professional Conferences Login Clubmom Dollar Drive Donate Your Timeshare Current Promotions 2006 Calendar Kids Contest ... 5K Run/Walk for Life American Kidney Fund Providing Hurricane Relief (9/1/05) MIKE Program Fights High Rate of Kidney Disease in D.C. (8/23/05) Spirit Elements Donates Percentage of July Sales to Fund (7/7/05) Young Pianist Donates CD Proceeds to American Kidney Fund (6/22/05) Help Dialysis Patients Affected by Hurricane Katrina The American Kidney Fund is providing block grants to dialysis centers in the region hit by Hurricane Katrina. These grants will be distributed to help dialysis patients replace medications, food and household items and pay for other necessities. 100% of your contribution will support those affected by the disaster.
Kidney Transplant Information
kidney diseases are disorders that affect the kidneys; the two organs that kidney disease usually affects both kidneys. If the kidneys ability to
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Extractions: Kidney Diseases Definition Kidney diseases are disorders that affect the kidneys; the two organs that remove waste products, produce certain hormones, and regulate the level of chemicals in blood. Description Kidney Function A major function of the kidneys is to remove waste products and excess fluid from the body. These waste products and excess fluid are removed through urine. The production of urine involves highly complex steps of excretion and reabsorption. This process is necessary to maintain a stable balance of body chemicals. The critical regulation of the body's salt, potassium, and acid content is performed by the kidneys. The kidneys also produce hormones and vitamins that affect the function of other organs. For example, a hormone produced by the kidneys stimulates red blood cell production. In addition, other hormones produced by the kidneys help regulate blood pressure and others help control calcium metabolism. There are two kidneys, each about the size of a fist, located on either side of the spine at the lowest level of the rib cage. Each kidney contains about one million functioning units, called nephrons. A nephron consists of a filtering unit of tiny blood vessels, called a glomerulus, attached to a tubule. When blood enters the glomerulus, it is filtered and the remaining fluid passes along the tubule. In the tubule, chemicals and water are either added to or removed from this filtered fluid, according to the body's needs, with the final product being the urine we excrete.
The Original Holisticat (TM) Vet Articles - Kidney Disease In Cats
kidney disease, in the form of chronic renal failure, is a common problem inolder cats. I have seen kidney failure in cats as young as 4 years,
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Extractions: Kidney disease, in the form of chronic renal failure, is a common problem in older cats. I have seen kidney failure in cats as young as 4 years, but more frequently in much older cats. The most noticeable symptom is an increase in water consumption and urination ("drink-a-lot, pee-a-lot syndrome"). A blood test should be done if you notice these symptoms, as there are several conditions that can cause this. The increase in drinking and urinating is due to loss of the kidney's ability to concentrate the urine. The kidneys have a very large reserve capacity, and symptoms of failure are not seen until approximately 75% of kidney tissue is nonfunctional. In my experience, kidney failure is the most common cause of death in older cats. Chronic renal failure is progressive and incurable. No conventional or alternative medical treatment can reverse its course, since the disease involves the loss of kidney cells and replacement by scar tissue. The rate of progression in any individual cat probably cannot be slowed to any significant degree. When the process is advanced, the kidneys become small and lumpy, and the amount of functional tissue is greatly limited. The most significant problems caused by the loss of function are build-up of blood toxins, and anemia. These can cause weight loss, lethargy, vomiting, loss of appetite, weakness, and other signs of illness. Some cats are able to maintain their body weight and live relatively comfortable lives for months to years, while others succumb to the disease more quickly. In conventional medicine, there are drugs that can minimize anemia, and phosphate binders to prevent phosphorus precipitates from further damaging the kidneys. These may not be palatable, and may cause adverse reactions. It may also be important in some cases to supplement potassium in the food. Some of the best and simplest treatments include:

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