Acute Kidney Disease

Regina Said:

What is the difference between?

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Part of it is the speed at which the kidneys fail. Try these for more details:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_kid…
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/chronic_k…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_kidne…
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/…

Johnny Said:

Adult children with cerebral palsy having renal disease complications...?

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My husband is a type 2 diabetic. We were told 2 years ago that his numbers were close to those of your sons. With diet, meds and luck he was able to keep his numbers there. Three weeks ago he had what his MD. thought was an upper respiratory infection. After 2 days of antibiotics he was getting worse and his B/P was high. To make a long story short, he had none of the symptoms that you listed and that we were looking for. But his kidneys were failing. And this not a week after his neph told him that they were mysteriously improving! He is now on dialysis and still has no symptoms. His output is like it always was. And he is having no problems with the dialysis that we were told to look for.
I have since learned that it is not the amount of urine but the quality of urine that is put out. So my point is that the symptoms are not always there. The numbers from the blood tests are what shows how well the kidney’s are functioning. We are doing dialysis in center right now but will begin to train to do what they call PD at home in a week.
I have been doing research and looking for support groups online. I would be happy to pass these on to you. There are a couple with medical experts as well as a caregiver site that would help you as well. Please email me if you are interested. I hope this helps.

Reginald Said:

how to bring to media that i am refused medical aid worldwide - dying of heart and kidney disease?

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Well if you are in Toronto you can call City TV to ask for Silverman Helps- he does just that- he helps people with their problems when the government or whoever is not helping them.
Here is the contact info.

Q: How do I get in touch with "Silverman Helps" and get some help?
A: To help you with your problem, we need specific and concrete information. We require a detailed letter outlining the complaint and a photocopy of your documentation before any assessment can be made as to whether we can get actively involved. This process does take at least 8 weeks; our apologies, we receive thousands of complaints. Please be sure to include your complete mailing address and a phone number where you can be reached during the day.
This information may be faxed, emailed or snail mailed in to us ...

Address:
Silverman Helps c/o
299 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 2Z5

Silverman Helps Hotline:
(416) 591-7400 ext 2192
email:helps@pulse24.com
Fax: (416) 591-0292

Paul Said:

How long do you have to give sub Q fluids to a cat witha ACUTE kidney disease?

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There is a good chance that if you can stick it out he will be able to not need the fluids any more. Only blood work will tell you for sure.
We had a client that brought his dog to our hospital for the same thing a few years ago. The vet gave him a very poor prognosis but this gentleman never gave up. He brought his buddy in faithfully, fed him a special kidney diet and now - years later - that dog has NO ill effects. We still test his kidney function now and then to be on the safe side but that is all.
So my advice is to give it some more time. A few weeks is not very long.
Best of luck. My prayers are with you and your friend for a speedy recovery. xoxo

Melissa Said:

What are the causes of acute tubular necrosis when considering Acute Kidney Failure?

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That’s a very useless list you have there, so I’m going to ignore it and just answer your question instead.

There are three TYPES of renal failure: prerenal, renal, and postrenal. Bare with me as I explain each, and then I’ll answer you’re question.

Renal renal failure (the middle one from the group above) means your kidneys don’t work properly because the cells in your tubials are f*cked. Once these cells are f*cked, you have renal failure, simple as that. This Is basically what acute tubular necrosis is (eg. acute means it happend quickly; tubular refers to where the cells are – they are located in your renal tubuals; and necrosis means dead cells).

Pre-renal failure means that your kidney cells are still perfectly fine, but your kidneys are unable to do their job because you’re body is failing to produce enough pressure to force the liquid from your blood stream into your kidneys. The kidneys job is to filter this liquid, but if they kidneys don’t receive this liquid because something else goes wrong, then you’re kidneys wont be able to do their job even though all your kidney cells are perfectly healthy.

Don’t worry about what post renal failure is – it doesn’t matter.

Now here is the answer to your question!

You’re tubular cells, like all the other cells in your body, need nutrients such as oxygen. Usually they get this from the liquid which they are filtering. SO imagine you have pre-renal failure. Remember I said that in pre-renal failure your kidney cells were still healthy? Well that’s true, but it wont stay true for long because if you stay in pre-renal failure for too long those cells with die from lack of nutrients and THIS is called “acute tubular necrosis”.

Emma Said:

Are swelling of the tongue and muscle cramps signs of kidney failure?

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I'm sorry to say that this might be exactly what's happening. You need to go to the largest hospital that you live around. This will also be the most popular too. These hospitals have a trauma unit if that helps. Then go there. They will not refuse you any medical help and will assist you in getting medicaid for health insurance too. Why have you gone so long with no one telling you this? Please go asap and have someone you trust or that assists you in you care go with you. There is no reason to suffer just because of no health insurance. Good luck and God Bless

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