High Potassium (Hyperkalemia)
Written By: Jim Myers
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HYPERKALEMIA...
Appointing a Health Care Agent: What You Should Know?
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A1c: What does it mean?
People with diabetes or at risk for diabetes often hear from healthcare professionals or their primary care physician about controlling their A1c, but what exactly is an A1c?
Covid- 19 and Kidney Disease: Why it’s different than the flu...
Written By: Amanda Grandinetti
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The Importance of The Heart-Kidney Connection: What you should know?
If you have or are at risks for heart or kidney disease, it’s important for you to understand the connection between the heart and the kidney. Many people do not realize the importance of this connection. Let’s take a look at how the kidneys and heart work together.
What You Need to Know About Religious Fasting: But, what happens...
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Fasting and Kidney Illness
Fasting is...
COVID-19 and Kidney Transplant Patients
Written By: James Myers
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EXERCISE FOR KIDNEY ILLNESS
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The Importance of a Good Blood Flow during hemodialysis.
Healthy kidneys clean the blood 24/7. During each minute of every day, around one quart (1000ml) of blood passes through the kidney. Considering its small size, this is a huge amount of blood, much more than is received by any other organ in the body. The total blood volume of an adult is around 5-7 quarts, so it takes only minutes for one’s entire blood supply to pass through the kidney, and more and more of the body’s wastes are cleared from the blood.
Infection Risks: How to minimize them?
Thousands of patients each day undergo kidney dialysis treatment across the United States. These patients are at an increased risk for infection because the hemodialysis process requires frequent use of catheters or needles to access the bloodstream. Patients who undergo hemodialysis have weakened immune systems, which increase their risk for infection. They require frequent hospitalizations and surgery where they might acquire an infection.