This is a condition in which tiny solids e.g calcium phosphate present in urine blocks the nephron or kidney tubules. When the solid becomes to large it forms a kidney stone.
Effects
1.Passing urine is with great difficulty
2.Severe abdominal pain is experienced.
3.High blood pressure may be experienced.
Remedy.
1.Drink sufficient water and other fluid such as fruit juices during hot to prevent the urine from becoming concentrated
2.Avoid food item that are hard to digest
3.Avoid excessive intake of food contain calcium.
4.Drug capable of dissolving kidney stones may be given to the patient (oral acid)
5.Surgery may be used to remove the stones.
Dieresis is the removal of excess watery urine from the body through the kidneys. The situation occurs when the kidney tubules fail to reabsorb water from the glomerular filtrate back to the blood.
Causes
1.Diseases such as diabetes insipid us and pituitary diseases
2.Lack of a hormone called aldosterone causing excess sodium ions to be excreted
3.Drinking of excessive alcohol
4.Heart failure, renal failure and kwashiorkor
Effect
iii. It can lead of loss of serum electrolytes from the body
Remedy
iii. People lacking ADH and aldosterone should be treated.
This may be caused by streptococcus infection in the throat, ear, nose or elsewhere.
The poison produced by the germs when carried by the blood to the kidneys damage the glomeruli. This will hinder the function of ultra-filtration in the glomerulus. The glomerulus become inflamed and causing them permeable than normal.
Effect
iii. Kidney become swollen
Remedy
iii. Dialysis machine (artificial kidney) for filtering out waste from the patients blood and body fluid.
In dialysis, the patient’s blood is passed through the machine by tubes which convey his blood through the machine and back to his body .As the blood passes through the machines, waste products pass into fluid the machine
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