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While the original study was designed to test the effects of several varying nutrients on blood pressure, DASH-Sodium varies only in salt content in the diet. [13] Participants were pre-hypertensive or at stage 1 hypertension, and either ate a DASH Diet or a diet reflecting an "average American Diet".
Salt poisoning is an intoxication resulting from the excessive intake of sodium (usually as sodium chloride) either in solid form or in solution (saline water, including brine, brackish water, or seawater). Salt poisoning sufficient to produce severe symptoms is rare, and lethal salt poisoning is possible but even rarer. The lethal dose of ...
Natriuresis is the process of sodium excretion in the urine through the action of the kidneys. [1] It is promoted by ventricular and atrial natriuretic peptides as well as calcitonin, [2] and inhibited by chemicals such as aldosterone.
A 2020 Cochrane systematic review [75] concludes that for white people with hypertension, reducing salt intake results in a decrease of about 4 mmHg (about 3.5%) of their blood pressure; for people with normal blood pressure, the decrease was negligible. Weak evidence indicated that these effects might be a little greater in black and Asian people.
Eating a low-salt diet cut blood pressure readings by as much as the typical hypertension medication without the potential side effects, a new study found. Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt works as well ...
The arterial cells of the kidneys sense the increase in blood pressure and signal the kidneys to excrete superfluous fluid in an attempt to stabilize the pressure. The kidneys increase urine production and fill the bladder; when the bladder fills, the individual may then feel the urge to urinate.
In renal physiology, renal sodium reabsorption refers to the process by which the kidneys, having filtered out waste products from the blood to be excreted as urine, re-absorb sodium ions (Na +) from the waste. It uses Na-H antiport, Na-glucose symport, sodium ion channels (minor). [1]
"Hypertensive" refers to high blood pressure and "nephropathy" means damage to the kidney; hence this condition is where chronic high blood pressure causes damages to kidney tissue; this includes the small blood vessels, glomeruli, kidney tubules and interstitial tissues. The tissue hardens and thickens which is known as nephrosclerosis. [2]