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  2. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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    Unlike chronic kidney disease, however, the kidneys can often recover from acute kidney injury, allowing the person with AKI to resume a normal life. People with acute kidney injury require supportive treatment until their kidneys recover function, and they often remain at increased risk of developing future kidney failure.

  3. Ex-NBA star Nate Robinson says he needs to find a kidney ...

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    Knowing he wasn't going to stop playing, Robinson said, he would tell the doctors to stop checking. In 2006, he was diagnosed with kidney disease. Doctors then warned him that his kidneys would ...

  4. Renal physiology - Wikipedia

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    This illustration demonstrates the normal kidney physiology, including the Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT), Loop of Henle, and Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT). It also includes illustrations showing where some types of diuretics act, and what they do. Renal physiology (Latin renes, "kidneys") is the study of the physiology of the kidney.

  5. Gitelman syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy of a Nephron; functional unit of the kidney [1] Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive kidney tubule disorder characterized by low blood levels of potassium and magnesium, decreased excretion of calcium in the urine, and elevated blood pH. [2] It is the most frequent hereditary salt-losing tubulopathy.

  6. Former NBA Player Nate Robinson Pleads for a Kidney Donor ...

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    Ian Allen for Men’s Health Former NBA player Nate Robinson is hoping for a miracle as he continues to search for a kidney donor. Ever since his kidneys failed in 2018, the 40-year-old athlete ...

  7. After life-saving kidney donation, Wayne woman writes kids ...

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  8. Hemolytic–uremic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Kidney problems and low platelets then occur as the diarrhea progresses. [1] Children are more commonly affected, but most children recover without permanent damage to their health, although some children may have serious and sometimes life-threatening complications. [6] Adults, especially the elderly, may show a more complicated ...

  9. Kidney disease - Wikipedia

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    Kidney failure is known as the end-stage of kidney disease, where dialysis or a kidney transplant is the only treatment option. Chronic kidney disease is defined as prolonged kidney abnormalities (functional and/or structural in nature) that last for more than three months. [ 1 ]