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Kidney Disease
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are symptoms of kidney disease? | Fatigue; puffy eyes; swollen face, hands, abdomen, ankles, feet; increase thirst; difficult, painful urination, foamy urine, pink/dark urine |
| If untreated, what can kidney disease lead to? | heart disease, weak bones, nerve damage, high blood pressure, kidney failure, anemia, death |
| What are some predisposing risk factors of kidney disease? | obstruction, pregnancy, age (>60), obesity, diabetes, high BP, heart disease, race, prolonged use of NSAID's, catheterization and chronic UTIs, autoimmune diseases, instrumentation, compromised urine flow |
| What are some test to determine kidney function? | Microalbumin, creatinine in blood, GFR, IV pyelogram |
| An IV pyelogram is used to diagnose? | anatomical defects, loss of renal parenchyma cells from chronic pyelonephritis, obstructive lesions |
| What do healthy kidney's do? | regulate the body's fluid levels, activate Vitamin D to maintain healthy bones, filter wastes and toxins from the blood, releases erythropoietin, releases aldosterone and ADH, maintains electrolyte balance. |