The importance of the kidney as an organ is incredibly inevitable. This organ is so incredible that its continuous functionality of getting waste out and maintaining balance in the body is not even felt while one goes about the day….
It is not a single-step mechanism to be able to urinate. There are many physiological processes that control the formation of urine and also control the frequency of your urination. These processes are obviously interrelated with each other. Any alteration…
With the growing rate of biohazard lately, the necessity of awareness regarding diseases has been increasing inevitably. One of the methods of this awareness is to understand the outspread of biohazards in the past world. We can do that by…
During hemodialysis, the body remains at high risk of getting infected by the hepatitis C virus. HCV infection during the condition of the patient in which he must remain under regular dialysis causes the chances of survival of the patient…
Kidney transplants are one of the most common transplant surgeries done globally. In India alone, around 10,000 kidney transplants are done each year. The success rate for this surgery is around 90%. What is a kidney transplant? A surgery where…
Something only seems to become a worrisome condition when it is categorized as an unusual act. Bedwetting is very common but till a specific age and in a specific amount. When the act of urination becomes an involuntary act in…
Kidney disease can lead for a patient to end up on dialysis which can be difficult and is not a permanent solution. Fortunately, there is the option of a kidney transplant to expand the life span of the patient but…
What is Meant by Acute Renal Failure? When your kidney loses its functionality rapidly, you are said to suffer from acute renal failure. It is usually known as acute kidney failure. Unlike chronic kidney failure, in this type of renal…
Every year, around 1.8 lakh persons suffer from kidney failure in India, but the number of kidney transplants done is only around 6000. Poverty is surely a cause of this but not the main one. The basic reason for this…