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About Kidney
Sent by Seema Sharma, Friday, September 18, 2009
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Hi, i am Abhishek seema`s huband recently i the docs at SGPGI lko diagonosed CRF by nephro till today her Sr Cr. has gone to 3.65 max. i just wanted to know whether this is a curable disease and what diet restrictions should be there.

What about Stem Cell therepy? Is this an alternative available to me
Please guide if anybody reads this.
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Re:About Kidney
  00:14 IST, Thursday, September 24, 2009
  Reply by: Virendra
  About Kidney Disease

You have two kidneys. They are bean-shaped, and about the size of a fist. They are located in the middle of your back, on the left and right sides of your spine, just below your rib cage. Their main job is to filter extra water and wastes out of your blood and make urine. They also help control blood pressure and make hormones that your body needs to stay healthy.
Chronic kidney disease—called kidney disease here for short—is a condition in which the small blood vessels in the kidneys are damaged, making the kidneys unable to do their job. Waste then builds up in the blood, harming the body.

Kidney disease is most often caused by diabetes or high blood pressure.
Diabetes and high blood pressure damage the blood vessels in the kidneys, so the kidneys are not able to filter the blood as well as they used to. Usually this damage happens slowly, over many years. As more and more blood vessels are damaged, the kidneys eventually stop working.

Other risk factors for kidney disease are cardiovascular (heart) disease and a family history of kidney failure. If you have any of these risk factors, you should get tested for kidney disease.
 
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