Bacteria in urine is what gives rise to urinary tract infections commonly abbreviated as UTIs. We will call them urine infections for the sake of this conversation.
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The skin is the first organ the world sees in us. This is why the beauty and cosmetic industry has thrived for long and will only get better with time. How our skin feels and appear to ourselves influences our self-esteem. It follows then that skin issues whether or not related to kidney disease will easily affect a person’s mental wellbeing.
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The heart was there minding its own business, painting its nails red and watching the polish dry and then the kidneys, through no fault of the heart, gave us a broken heart.
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Without an access to blood, dialysis is as dead as a dodo.
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Without a blood access it is impossible to perform dialysis. Without it, lives are lost for kidney patients. Knowing how to care for your fistula and especially how needles are put in is key to the survival of the fistula. Information is power and good information therefore, a good type of power.
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The fistula is considered the best form of blood access in dialysis. It is important for us to note that unlike in a catheter, the rate of infections with a fistula is very minimal. It also causes better clearance of wastes during dialysis because it supports higher pump speeds than the catheter.
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Dialysis involves ‘cleaning’ the blood for the patient through the use of an artificial kidney and returning it to the patient.
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In Kenya, a meal is usually a main meal. My patients back home came from poor socio-economic backgrounds and many would be even lucky to afford three meals a day. this made me agonize deep within my soul as I looked at the meal options. I have tried to go through the options available in Kenya and what we could do as a people to help kidney patients enjoy their meals during the Christmas period.
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Red blood cells are made in the bone marrow then they Circulate in the blood for about 120 days before dying a natural death.
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