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Dear Abby: Neglected blood pressure leads to kidney disease

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:12:40 +0000

Dear Abby: Neglected blood pressure leads to kidney disease
Dear Abby: Like many other young adults, I was too busy establishing a career during my 20s and early 30s to care much about diet and exercise. I felt healthy, so I saw no need to change my lifestyle. My doctor had told me my blood pressure was elevated during a number of my yearly physical exams, but I didn’t ask any questions and took no action.

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Spanish Doctors Train Kenyan Counterparts in Kidney Transplant Surgery

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:12:12 +0000

In Kenya, kidney failure has skyrocketed over the past five years following a dramatic rise in diabetes, hypertension and other ailments. The demand for dialysis – an expensive procedure for most Kenyans – far outstrips the supply of dialysis machines. And the few transplants that take place are also expensive. Through a partnership formed last year, Spanish doctors are now training a team of Kenyan doctors to perform sophisticated, affordable kidney transplants. Cathy Majtenyi files this report for VOA.

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From High Blood Pressure to Heart Attack, and Kidney Problems

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:17:03 +0000

Blood is carried from the heart to all parts of your body in vessels called arteries. The pumping action of the heart must create enough force to push blood through the major arteries, into the smaller arteries, and finally into the tiny capillaries, where the porous walls permit fluid exchange between the blood and body tissue. The actual mechanisms which explain why the blood pressure is high has to do mainly with the constriction of the small arterioles which are in all of the tissues of the body. The body is usually successful at providing enough blood around the obstruction, but the pressure is low, including the pressure to the kidneys. In this way, that kidney may produce enough blood pressure to satisfy itself, while the rest of the body sees very high pressures as a result.

With high blood pressure, the heart works harder, your arteries take a beating, and your chances of a stroke, heart attack, and kidney problems are greater. It can enlarge the heart, create small bulges (aneurysms) in blood vessels, damage the blood vessels in the kidneys, harden arteries, produce bleeding in the eyes. In this situation, the kidney which is blocked doesn’t “see” enough blood pressure, and releases chemicals causing the blood pressure to go up. If high blood pressure is left unchecked, it can cause blood vessels in the kidneys to become thickened and narrowed, possibly leading to reduced blood supply and reduced kidney function. It is a major cause of kidney failure (renal failure) which may require dialysis Heart Failure is a frequent occurrence in long standing hypertension. Treating and controlling your hypertension can help prevent damage to your heart, brain, kidneys, blood vessels, and eyes.

Experts recommend investigation of patients who seem to be at above average risk on such epidemiological grounds as age and sex or on the presence of symptoms or signs of specific disorders. Many patients eventually require two or more drugs to effectively control their blood pressure. However, in some patients– especially those who have made lifestyle modifications such as losing weight– may be able to modify their antihypertensive medication regimen after hypertension has been controlled for at least one year. In patients with high blood pressure, side effects and costs of medications are also factors which weigh heavily on which agent if any is prescribed. For any number of reasons, patients may not take their drugs as prescribed or may not take them at all.

High blood pressure is a problem that won’t go away without treatment and changes to your diet and lifestyle. The goal of treatment is to reduce your blood pressure to normal levels with medicine that’s easy to take and has few, if any, side effects. Your physician will use both the systolic and the diastolic blood pressure to determine your blood pressure category and appropriate prevention and treatment activities. For the physician, it is a difficult area due to the fact that patients don’t feel bad, yet must be prescribed medicines which can be costly and have side effects which make the patient feel worse than they did prior to treatment. If your blood pressure has remained stubbornly high despite taking at least three medications, including a diuretic, you may have resistant hypertension – blood pressure that is resistant to treatment. If these causes of resistant hypertension aren’t to blame or treatment doesn’t work, talk to your doctor about joining a clinical trial for high blood pressure.

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Rocking a Healthy Diet Helps Fight Kidney Stones

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:20:44 +0000

Rocking a Healthy Diet Helps Fight Kidney Stones
(Ivanhoe Newswire) Kidney stones are sneaky things, they come out of nowhere and blindside you, but this study shows that by eating a diet to prevent high blood pressure, kidney stones can also be prevented. Certain key ingredients of a low blood pressure diet ward off kidney stones. These magical ingredients that are very important in the fight against the formation of kidney stones are low …

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I Passed A 10mm Kidney Stone Pain Free

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:12:51 +0000

kidneystonepainrelief.org – I passed a 10mm kidney stone relatively pain free, using the tips revealed on this website. The huge kidney stone is shown at the end of this video, or at the website Kidney Stone Pain Relief.

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Kidney Disease, Dr. MFaulkner3

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:16:59 +0000

Comments With Dr. James Haney Presents*African Americans, Kidney Disease and Hypertension, with Dr.MFaulkner, from Meharry Medical College, and the impact these diseases have on African Americans ane the cost to the nation, Part 3. I need you to support this channel. Send me a donation at www.drjameshaney.com or mail me a few dollars to james haney, PO Box 591, Mt. Juliet, Tn, 37121-0591. I appreciate any help you can give, drjhaney

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Gene linked to high kidney disease rates in blacks: study

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:24:02 +0000

Gene linked to high kidney disease rates in blacks: study
Researchers said Thursday they have identified gene variants that help explain high rates of renal disease among African-Americans, who have a four times greater risk of kidney problems than whites.

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Health department gears up to curb kidney diseases

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:12:22 +0000

Health department gears up to curb kidney diseases
The state health department has taken up plans to upgrade facilities for kidney disease treatment and provide infrastructure to curb other renal diseases.

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Ask Dr. Gott: Chronic kidney disease

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:19:50 +0000

Ask Dr. Gott: Chronic kidney disease
Dear Dr. Gott: I have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. I was shocked when the nephrologist told me this, as I have no symptoms. I decided I would get a second opinion.

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Canaseragans home after kidney donation operation in Rochester

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:18:17 +0000

Canaseragans home after kidney donation operation in Rochester
Canaseraga, N.Y. Thirty six years ago Bob Levee gave his only son the gift of life. On May 26, Chris Levee returned the favor. Chris underwent a surgery to donate his left kidney to his 60-year-old father, who was suffering from renal failure due to diabetes and hypertension.

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