Name: Course: Anatomy and Physiology 1 Instructor: Topic: Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease. Adult Polycystic Kidney disease is also known as Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. ADPKD is the most common genetic cause of chronic renal disease. There is currently no cure for this deadly hereditary disease, but a comprehensive understanding of the disease by health care providers is of great importance. Referral to a nephrologist and prompt treatment eliminates health valued complications
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Acquired cystic kidney disease is fairly asymptomatic so there are unlikely to be many signs that a patient has the condition. However, there can be complications. A patient with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease who suddenly starts to see blood in their urine, develops a fever and has back pain should be investigated for the condition. Diagnosis Ultrasound Medical imaging is a way that helps doctors to be able to diagnose the condition by seeing what is happening in the body.
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Polycystic Kidney Disease Kacey Lee I was initially attracted to the topic of polycystic kidney disease because I was diagnosed with PKD. The cause of the disease, the history, symptoms and treatment and preventions had peeked my interest from the day I was diagnosed with. Polycystic kidney disease. The kidneys are vital to human life, our body has two kidneys that are shaped like beans, and they preform many important tasks in our body’s regulation. Our kidneys work to extract waste from our
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CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Helen T. Ocdol, MD, FPCP, FPSN Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a dreaded condition . CKD includes a continuum of kidney dysfunction from mild kidney damage to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Chronic renal disease is interchangeably used for CKD but to be unifom in usage, we will use the term Chronic Kidney Disease or CKD. In the U.S., there are 20 million adults who have chronic disease and over 400,000 persons have ESRD and require dialytic or transplantation therapy.
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uncontrollable when there is a build-up of glucose in the bloodstream, and there is not enough glucose entering the cells. If left untreated, diabetes can cause damage to the brain, kidney disease, heart disease, stroke, and complications to other parts of the body. Diabetes often appears in childhood or adolescence. Etiology The disease affects more than 20 million Americans and more than 40 million Americans have pre-diabetes that can lead to type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the cells become resistant
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and chest pain that’s not caused by a heart attack or coronary artery disease. Mitral valve prolapse often runs in families and can be linked to other conditions such as Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, adult polycystic kidney disease, Ebstein’s anomaly, and scoliosis. Although most people with mitral valve prolapse never have problems, complications can occur. Complications tend to occur in middle-aged or older adults. They may
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to treat and manage patients with co-morbidities in order to reduce risk factors and improve overall health. The following case study will be utilized to apply current guidelines for the treatment and management of hypertension (HTN), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypothyroidism including patient education, monitoring, and clinical end points. Case Study A 45 year old African American male returns for a six month follow-up for blood pressure (BP) control. The patient complains of on-going
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excess body fats and weigh more than the recommended weight in accordance to their height. Obesity and overweight are usually measured using body mass index (BMI) which is calculated using the height and weight of a person. According to Centre for disease control and prevention (Childhood obesity facts) obesity is a result of caloric imbalance that is consumption more calories than the calories body expends. The causes of childhood obesity are lifestyle habits and behaviors, genetic s or family history
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Chronic kidney diseaseFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Chronic kidney disease Classification and external resources Uremic frost on the forehead and scalp of a young man who presented with complaints of chronic anorexia and fatigue with blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine levels of approximately 100 and 50 mg/dL respectively. ICD-10 N18 ICD-9 585.9 585.1-585.5 403 DiseasesDB 11288 MedlinePlus 000471 eMedicine article/238798 MeSH D007676
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Introduction Chronic diseases are now the major cause of death and disability worldwide. An unhealthy diet contributes to approximately 678,000 deaths each year in the U.S., due to nutrition- and obesity related diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes. Over 2/3 (67.5%) of American adults are considered to be overweight or obese. Obesity rates in children have tripled over the last three decades, and one in three children and adolescents 2-19 years old are overweight or obese
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