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2. Numerous factors can cause kidney disease. Here are the ... - AOL

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   Kidneys are important for regulating blood pressure and filtering waste products from the bloodstream; managing urine excretion to prevent dehydration; and regulating levels of electrolytes and ...

3. 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.

4. Chronic kidney disease - Wikipedia

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   The term "non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease" (NDD-CKD) is a designation used to encompass the status of those persons with an established CKD who do not yet require the life-supporting treatments for kidney failure known as kidney replacement therapy (RRT, including maintenance dialysis or kidney transplantation).

5. Renal replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   It is used when the kidneys are not working well, which is called kidney failure and includes acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Renal replacement therapy includes dialysis ( hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis ), hemofiltration , and hemodiafiltration , which are various ways of filtration of blood with or without machines.

6. Preventative Measures: Kidney disease is one of the leading ...

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   Apr. 28—For those at risk for developing kidney disease, early detection and prevention is key to living a healthy, normal life, according to Dr. Dhiren Haria, nephrology specialist with the ...

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

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   He said that some days after he gets dialysis, a procedure to remove waste and excess fluid from the blood after the kidneys stop working properly, he gets body cramps and shortness of breath and ...

8. Hemodialysis - Wikipedia

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   Hemodialysis, also spelled haemodialysis, or simply dialysis, is a process of filtering the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products such as creatinine and urea and free water from the blood when the kidneys are in a state of kidney failure.

9. I've stayed near hospital for years in case I get a kidney - AOL

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