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Urine For a Fun Time
Nephritis
urethritis
cystoscope
Intravenous pyelogram
HPB and nephritis
Renal carcinoma
Kidney disease on the rise; why?
• Most important blood tests for kidney function; creatinine clearance and blood urea nitrogen (CC and BUN)
Hypertension and renal disease
As DM rises, so does kidney failure
Proteinuria: first sign of kidney disease
Hemodialysis buys time
A plan for preventing renal disease
• Diet; avoid high sugar, high fat diets leading to type II Diabetes
• Control your blood pressure by weight control, stress control, salt control
• Avoid ethanol!
• More fruits/vegetables, less red meats
Gout• Runs in the men of a family, sex linked to Y
chromosome• Men over 50 y.o.• Sudden severe attack of pain in a bunion joint
of the big toe of one foot (uric acid crystals precipitating out of the blood)
• High uric acid levels in blood due to victim’s inability to digest purine proteins like: beans, red meat, organ meats, real cheese.Gout victims must avoid these foods, not get dehydrated and take meds