Shedding light on diabetic kidney disease on March 21, 2023Diabetes accounts for more cases of CKD (Chronic kidney disease) than any other disease. Forty-four out of a hundred kidney disease patients develop the condition secondary to diabetes. Diabetes carries certain inherent characteristics that lead to structural changes in the kidney’s blood vessels, resulting in higher pressure in these vessels that ultimately leads to CKD. […]
Is your kidney function reversible? on March 14, 2023Usually, a human is born with two kidneys, each equipped with roughly a million filtration units called nephrons. The filtration plants carry enough working capacity to outlive the span of human life. Most of us take our kidneys and their working for granted, but kidney function assumes immense importance for a kidney disease patient. Ask […]
Keeping Your Kidneys Healthy on March 6, 2023The health of our body and kidneys is interconnected. Healthy kidneys are essential for a healthy body. Similarly, kidneys need a healthy body to perform at their best. A decline in kidney function directly affects the whole body, leading to chronic disease of the heart, brain, bone, and blood vessels. As per World Health Organization, […]
Is Living A Normal Life with Kidney Disease Possible? on February 28, 2023Is living a normal life with kidney disease possible? Millions of people live with this question on their minds every day. While it is hard to answer this question with a definite “Yes,” to say “No” is not true, either. Let me explain. What Do Our Kidneys Do The human body carries two kidneys located […]
Knowing Your Kidneys on February 13, 2023Most of you must have heard of foamy urine, urine that forms foam as if you are peeing in soapy water. If you see this, there is a cause for alarm, for this foam suggests the presence of excess protein in the urine. Last week, we learned about kidney function tests, which give us an […]
Know Your Kidney Function Test on February 6, 2023One in every ten persons walking on the street has chronic kidney disease, and about a million people die of kidney disease on this globe each year. Chronic kidney disease is a very common condition, but the knowledge of kidney function tests is not. Though poor management of kidney disease plays a vital role in […]
Introduction to Kidney Disease on January 30, 2023Roughly two hundred million people in Pakistan have kidney disease. Millions more are at risk of developing this condition. Most of us associate kidney disease with dialysis and sometimes transplant, but there exists a whole life between the diagnosis of kidney disease and dialysis–a period when we can do the most to pause the kidney […]