Common Pre-renal Causes of Kidney
Disease
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dehydration from excess fluid loss (diarrhoea,
flu, gastroenteritis, sweating)
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dehydration from lack of fluid intake
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hypovolemia from excess blood loss
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obstruction of kidney arteries and veins
causing inconsistent blood flow
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pain killers, other medication and excess
sodium/potassium/protein
Common Post-renal Causes of Renal
Failure
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Having any restriction in the bladder can
cause back-flow to the kidneys. This can cause a series of events, from
infection to completely damaging the kidneys due to the excess pressure.
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Blockages, cysts, tumours in the abdomen can
form obstructions around the ureters.
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Other age related obstructions, including
cancers and other tumours around the bladder
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Having kidney stones do not directly affect
the kidney failure, but do increase the risk, but having a lot of extra
strain on the kidneys.
Common Causes of Kidney Damage
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Toxic Medications are found in certain
antibiotics, ibuprofen, some anti inflammatory drugs, iodine and
radiology medications.
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Sepsis can occur if the body's immune system
is battling infection. This can cause the kidneys to shut down as a
result.
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Muscle breakdown can cause muscle fibres which
are damaged to clog filtration of the kidneys. This can usually be on
set by severe trauma and burns to the body.
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inflammation of the kidney filtering system -
the glomeruli
Common Causes of Chronic Kidney
Failure
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Many problems listed above can result in
chronic kidney failure
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constant high blood pressure
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people suffering diabetes
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chronic glomerulonephritis.
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kidney stones
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prostate disease or prostate cancer
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reflux nephropathy
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polycystic conditions
Common Symptoms of Kidney Failure
Kidney disease can sometimes be hard to detect,
and not always show obvious symptoms. The main way to ask if you are
showing the symptoms is to ask yourself if you are at risk. Kidney
disease is 99% of the time the result of poor dieting and malnutrition.
What you will notice when symptoms start to appear is when you start to
see irregularities in waste products clearing the body, onset of
weakness, fluid retention, some mild pain or even slight discomfort
while urinating.
All of these symptoms of kidney failure should
immediately ring alarm bells and need immediate adjustments to diet and
lifestyle.
All of these will result in directly related
medical symptoms, such as excess potassium levels causing heart rhythm
problems, an increase in urea levels in the blood - which can affect a
number of organs in the body, anemia - resulting in general weakness,
loss of appetite due to build-up of excess waste products - which will
result in further issues all contributing to kidney failure, rising
blood pressure due to the acid load on the body and trouble breathing.
It is extremely important, that even if you feel
the onset of kidney failure as being an option, to drastically change
your diet to help lighten the load and strain on your kidneys. This can
even reverse kidney failure if it is undertaken as soon as possible.
With western diets contributing to all the common
forms of kidney failure, it is the best option to reverse any chances
of suffering kidney failure and help restore health to the body.
