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Team All Things Kidney Official wishes all its readers, a very Happy New Year 2023. 🌿 Sending you all warmth, love, laughter, light and all things bright!

The last couple of years have left us with much to reckon with and having to come to terms with how fragile life can be.

May this year be about good physical, mental & emotional health, kindness towards yourself & to those who deserve it, clarity of thought, sensible choices, logical decisions & overall peace of mind.

So, here's to new beginnings! 🤍🥂

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Blood is an avid traveler in our body. After all, thanks to our heart's pumping & blood vessel routes, it gets to go everywhere, haha!

However, to propel itself to & from the rest of the tissues, it ends up applying some outward pressure on the walls of the vessels (arteries, veins & capillaries) - something that we commonly know as Blood Pressure (BP).

Just like everything else, there is a healthy range of pressure that the blood flow may apply on vessel walls to "travel safely sans accidents". This range comes to around 110-140/70-90 mm Hg in case of healthy human beings.

With limited endurance of vessel walls, untreated high blood pressure - be it a sudden, uncontrolled rise or chronic and sustained over months basically means blood turning from a disciplined commuter to a rowdy, reckless and unsophisticated one that leaves a trail of destruction as it passes through the vessels. It's only natural that "hurt" vessels respond with a "hardened inflexible stance".

Now, kidneys are highly vascular organs, meaning they have a rich blood supply via an intricate network of tinier vessels that supply blood both for "all things kidney" (purification & fortification) and to the cells that make up the kidney tissues for their sustenance. In a scenario of high blood pressure where there is lack of due medical care and BP lowering meds over time, the ruthlessness of high blood pressure is bound to reach these tiny vessel networks within kidneys as well.

The rest is what the article today covers to explain why uncontrolled, sustained High Blood Pressure earns the tag of a strong risk factor for Chronic Kidney Disease. Read it in the link below:

Read it for understanding why medical advice regarding blood pressure control is not something anyone should ignore. Or if you're already a BP warrior, why staying put with continuous medication makes sense.

It's your health after all. And our organs are nothing short of "bloody" lovely! They deserve all the care.

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Know what kidneys do & understanding what can go wrong & show up as symptoms in kidney dysfunction becomes a breeze!

Remember, choosing to be nephro-literate empowers you to take the best kidney health decisions for yourself when necessary.

So here's a comprehensive refresher on what our miracle beans do to keep us alive, even at the very moment that you're reading this post.

Click on the link below to learn:

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LUPUS NEPHRITIS

Lupus stands as a prominent name amongst the myriad systemic chronic inflammatory conditions resulting from an individual's immune system attacking their own tissues.

The condition derives its name from the Latin word for wolf because of the characteristic butterfly-shaped rash stretching across both cheekbones that appear like a wolf bite.

Lupus is incurable, the clinical presentation is variable with occasional debilitating flares and complications that could be potentially fatal if left untreated.

Among other organs, Kidneys are a prime target here causing inflammation and patchy progressive scarring in the kidney tissue in around 20-63% of all Lupus cases. This entity is clinically called Lupus Nephritis - a major cause of morbidity & mortality globally.

As a portal dedicated to demystifying nuggets in nephrology, let us walk you through the what-why-how Lupus Nephritis by linking to a lucid article in our website as below:

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P.S. : We are mindful of the existence of individual variations that apply to any medical condition. The article attempts to offer a comprehensive insight into the commonly encountered clinical picture in Lupus nephritis.

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It was World Human Rights Day on the 10th December. And we wish to address a major issue plaguing both human healthcare delivery & health literacy - both fundamental human rights - worldwide. Organ Trafficking.

Despite relevant legislations in place, Organ Trafficking rackets operate unabated worldwide thanks to:

1️⃣ The unholy lure of easy money

2️⃣ The lack of education of the general populace on the illegal nature of "selling organs" in almost all countries.

3️⃣ No censorship/regulation regarding insensitive portrayals across various sections of media (movies/stand up comedies etc) on how "selling organs" can help meet random financial needs

4️⃣ The uncomfortable silence of apex influential bodies on this issue instead of aggressively & regularly educating the public about the respective laws pertaining to the matter.

No wonder then, that such preposterous questions like the one depicted in the image aren't uncommon.

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In Organ Trafficking, "agents" who trap potential donors & the section of willing donors who volunteer for "easy money" are perpetrators in equal measure. These people are directly responsible for propogating a criminal nexus that trafficks (read steals) organs from sections of vulnerable unsuspecting people (obviously without consent) and robs them of their basic right to health & life.

"Trafficking Agents" can't be educated. But all "kidney sellers", irrespective of motivation, must consider IF:

1️⃣ The surgeon & medical staff involved in such illicit activities are even trained to carry out organ retreivals or handle complications like infections or excessive blood loss as a result of botched-up procedures?

2️⃣ Is there any guarantee that you will actually wake up after surgery? Traffickers can steal both your kidneys & leave you to die. Why would they care for your life at all?

3️⃣ If you do wake up, will you recover well to spend the earned money as you wish to?

4️⃣ Would you qualify for any insurance or litigation (lawyer) support if something goes wrong? Chances are you won't since such organ trade is illegal, to begin with.

SO IS "SELLING ORGANS" WORTH THE RISK?

Think about it.

Spread awareness to curb this menace.

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COMPLICATIONS OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANT EXPLAINED: Both for the donor and the recipient

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Both Kidney Donation Surgery (Donor Nephrectomy) & Kidney Implantation Surgery in the recipient are complicated procedures, and may entail risks / possible complications during and after the procedures, both in the short & long term. This is what we aim to walk you through, today.

The article today doesn't simply present a list of the possible complications for Kidney Donation & Recipient surgeries.

Rather it:

1️⃣ Categorizes the possible complications based on specific time-points at which they are likely to surface after the transplant surgery

2️⃣ Provides a comprehensive insight into the when, what, why & how of each complication for readers to grasp the concepts better & for donors, patients & care-givers to be more vigilant during their transplant journeys.

Click on the link above to get to the article & choose to be a better informed kidney sojourner.

Know & grow! Let the information flow! Do share the article with your Kidney Community. Stay as well as you can, all of you. 🙂

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT DAMAGE KIDNEYS

In these times of the COVID-19 pandemic, several realizations came to the fore.

One of them was how unaware, a big chunk of our society is, on how several infections irrespective of where they initially start, can cause kidney damage. Something that resulted in the death of many patients with COVID-19 that starts primarily as a respiratory or gut infection.

So we at Team ATK decided to get to work and compile a comprehensive list of all infectious diseases which can potentially cause kidney damage, even if the initial infection starts elsewhere.

The article today discusses the following:

📌 A very brief overview of how exactly do infections "access" kidneys to damage them

https://www.allthingskidney.com/infections-that-cause-kidney-damage/

📌 The kind of damage can infectious diseases cause & how.

📌 A comprehensive list of kidney-damaging infectious diseases & how they could be transmitted to humans.

Click on the link below:

Go ahead! Read this comprehensive guide & inch closer to "kidney-smartness"! 🙂

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I've been thinking about this for a few days now...what if we decided to assign a gender to our organs based on their "inherent nature"? Without any hesitation, I would call #kidneys female....somewhat like our Mums actually! (Yeah, you read that right)...☺ This cute, smooth, bean-shaped major organ-pair is

1) "Effortlessly multitasking"

2) "Hygiene-conscious"

3) "Meticulous"

4) "Complex yet super-organized"

5) "Layered & difficult to understand at times"

6) "Fantastically resilient to all external stress (up until it gets unbearable of course)" and above all

7) "Holds the entire organ-family from "falling apart"

All quintessential mommy traits eh? ☺

Time to bring her to the limelight for all she's worth then?

Watch this space for more and follow my page AllThingsKidney & check out our website

https://www.allthingskidney.com

to obtain a medically accurate understanding of this beautiful but highly underrated organ.

Find:

☆ Kidney health tips

☆ Kidney-friendly diets

☆ An insight into various kidney diseases

☆ Explanation of commonly used terms in Nephrology

☆ Understand your medication, dialysis and organ transplant procedures

☆ Get latest kidney research bytes

☆ Know what works and how, what doesn't work and why not.

Unleash the power of knowing. Beat the apprehension/confusion/ignorance surrounding kidney disease. Stay well. ☺

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The COVID19  pandemic has generally seen children co-operating with adopting necessary precautions & clinically approved treatment protocols. However, rampant misinformation  circulating online has also had its toll on impressionable minds in the form of harmful anti-mask & anti-immunization (despite absence of contentious medical reasons) attitudes. Moreover, stringent posturing, a chastising rhetoric and occasional confused messaging by some frustrated governments w.r.t. COVID19 policies are only proving counter-productive.

Amidst such times, how to keep your children motivated to continue following what's scientific & logical?

Click on the link below for a relatable & effective psychologist-approved tool when it comes to keeping young minds hooked to positive health attitudes.

What's more, it also resonates with our mission statement at Team #AllThingsKidney  - Know | Understand | Take Control | Get empowered

Do give it a try by clicking on the link below. 👇

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#2 It's sort of funny how #kidneys are commonly thought to "merely filter" our #blood of all impurities to "produce #urine ".

If that is all they simply do, wonder why our kidneys don't look like a sieve then? Sounds a bit too uneconomical for Mother Nature to allow #human kidneys to evolve all the way to that beautiful, curvaceous bean shape with an uber-complex yet organized interior solely to fulfil an aesthetic necessity..... 😞

Nephrologist Dr. Joel Topf sums it up perfectly:

--- "Saying the product of kidney is urine is like saying the product of a factory is pollution. Urine is a by-product. The product is Homeostasis" 🙂

Couldn't agree more!!

KIDNEY FACT

Homeostasis -- Maintenance of a constant internal environment of the body to allow life processes to proceed normally. Kidneys achieve this in-part, by regulating the precise levels of each blood component.

Watch this space for more, follow AllThingsKidney & visit

https://www.allthingskidney.com/

to obtain a medically accurate understanding of this beautiful but highly underrated organ.

Find

☆ Kidney health tips

☆ Kidney-friendly diets

☆ An insight into various kidney diseases

☆ Explanation of commonly used terms in Nephrology

☆ Understand your medication, dialysis and organ transplant procedures

☆ Get latest kidney research bytes

☆ Know what works and how, what doesn't work and why not.

Unleash the power of knowing. Beat the apprehension/confusion/ignorance surrounding kidney disease. Stay well. ☺