Kidney Care

All you need to know about kidney disease – causes, symptoms, treatments and more…

- Dr Ramesh Jain​

Kidneys, each about the size of a fist, play a major role in our well-being.

First, the kidneys are mainly involved in removing waste products from the body; and preventing toxins from building up in the bloodstream. Secondly, the kidneys produce hormones that take control of the functions of the other parts of the body – for instance, regulating blood pressure and producing red blood cells, and also regulating the level of minerals and fluids in the body.

Types Of Kidney Diseases

Imagine the kidneys getting into a non-functional mode. If this ever happens, the waste product build-up is likely to cause some chemical imbalance which is otherwise required for the smooth functioning of the body. Such disorders among others are precisely termed as renal diseases.

There are different kinds of renal diseases, some even leading to ESRD (end-stage renal disease), a condition in which the kidneys fail to work in a normal way, with the patient needing dialysis or kidney transplant.

Causes

So what exactly causes these two little fist-sized organs to suddenly go out of order?