Kidney From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Kidney (disambiguation). Kidney | | Human kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed | Latin | Ren (Greek: nephros) | Artery | renal artery | Vein | renal vein | Nerve | renal plexus | The kidneys are organs that serve several essential regulatory roles in most animals‚ including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such
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Associate Level Material Chronic Disease Risk Assessment The Life Resource Center (LRC) is a valuable free tool available to University of Phoenix students. Taking some time to explore its website to discover some of the many topics‚ resources‚ and tools available is a great way to find information to enhance and support health and wellness. Complete the following assignment: Take one of the health risk assessments located on the LRC website. After completing the assessment‚ write
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Kidney cures and remedies taught in The Kidney Disease Solution are specially formulated to safely treat common kidney diseases. If you have any kidney disease and wish to treat it safely‚ you can check out this program. Preventing kidney infections is not impossible. While it can be overwhelming‚ it is necessary to maintain your urinary tract system working optimally. Women who have an active sexual life need to look onto the most convenient solutions. These infections can be treated with antibiotics
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Life for me Once upon a time I had came across a kidney disease when I was 2 years old called FSGS. It is where your kidney starts to spill a lot of protien in your urine and it is very bad on your kidney‚ so I have this and I have to drink a lot of water each day. My grandpa on the other hand is the hero on this end because he gave me his kidney when I was so little. He said “I will donate my kidney to my grandson Bradly adams.” And from this point on I thought of my grandpa as my hero ever since
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Jamilieh Knight Sjogren Syndrome Sjogren’s Syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease where the white blood cells attack the moisture producing glands. The disorder may cause dry eye‚ mouth‚ skin‚ nose‚ and vaginal dryness. Sjogren can also affect the kidney‚ gastrointestinal system‚ blood vessels‚ lungs‚ liver‚ pancreas‚ and the central nervous system. Sjogren’s can occur alongside other autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ lupus or scleroderma. The consequences of Sjögren’s syndrome
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close too because of a stupid disease? Chronic liver disease- is a disease process of the liver that involves a process of progressive destruction and regeneration to the liver. Personally I know it sucks because I’ve had too deal with it. It’s hard to watch someone you love and care about go through it the four stages of it and then end up dying at the end of it. Approximately 3.5 to 4.6 million are infected with chronic liver disease(John Hopkins). Chronic liver disease rising every day even in young
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practice all over the world to treat chronic disorders like diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension. These practices are acceptable to treat single and multiple disorders‚ which occur simultaneously. Polypharmacy sometimes unavoidable. Recently‚ the standard of healthcare in most chronic conditions achieved by given that multiple drug therapy. The comorbidities of diabetes usually contain hypertension‚ dyslipidemia‚ heart failure‚ and coagulopathies‚ each of these diseases may need one or more drugs to
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory lung diseases in the world. It has been suggested that COPD cases represent 95% among all cases of chronic lower lung diseases. COPD is usually represented as several lung diseases including emphysema‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and refractory asthma. Since COPD is a chronic disease‚ it may have an effect on patients especially on their health related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL is defined as the discernments
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Koran Biology 1103 Melanie Waite-Altringer 28 October 2010 Chronic Wasting in Deer How would you like to see a fourteen point buck in your crossaires with a body of a sick dog? Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is destroying deer in the United States. Mule Deer‚ Whitetail Deer‚ Shiras Moose‚ and Rocky Mountain Elk are the only four susceptible to CWD. Once pronounced with Chronic Waste Disease there is no going back. Chronic Wasting Disease in Mule deer ( Odocolleus Hemronus)‚ For more than thirty
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Cirrhosis is a chronic degenerative disease in which normal liver cells are damaged and are then replaced by scar tissue. Cirrhosis changes the structure of the liver and the blood vessels that nourish it. The disease reduces the liver’s ability to manufacture proteins and process hormones‚ nutrients‚ medications‚ and poisons. Cirrhosis gets worse over time and can become potentially life threatening. This disease can cause: excessive bleeding (hemorrhage)‚ impotence‚ liver cancer‚ coma due to
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