Dialysis is a renal replacement that uses a special machine to filter harmful wastes, salt and excess fluid from your blood. When should a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patient go for dialysis? Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has five stages ba...Read More
Reduced kidney function or chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 20 million adults. When kidney function declines, other problems can result from reduced kidney function. If so, what other problems result from this? 1. Heart diseas...Read More
In addition to common symptoms like edema, itchy skin, nausea and vomiting, chronic kidney disease (CKD) can also affect your eyes. Well then, how can CKD affect your eyes? Causes of eye disease in chronic kidney disease Chronic kidney dise...Read More
A patient consulted us that he had high cholesterol and his kidneys were not working properly because of too much sugar intake. He has been diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and there is no effective way to get his kidneys...Read More
Can chronic kidney disease (CKD) cause blindness? Eyesight can be affected by kidney disease. About this topic, we will talk it here. Kidney disease will affect eyesight. The reason is that kidney disease will cause elevation of blood press...Read More
The Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) test is used to evaluate kidney function, to help diagnose kidney disease, and to monitor acute or chronic kidney dysfunction or failure. With kidney disease, BUN levels usually get high. The treatment for high...Read More
Recently a patient consulted us that he is taking vesicare 10 mgs a day. His GFR is slowing dropping at 3 monthly tests. Is it possible that vesicare is causing this? GFR is an important indicator of kidney function. Low GFR often indicates...Read More
Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine and it benefits many ailments such as colds, headaches, high blood pressure and stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea. Besides, it is also helpful in the treatment of chronic kidney di...Read More