Bingllei's Article in Disease And Illness

972 Various Causes of High Creatinine Levels in Blood (Serum Creatinine)
In kidney functional test, sometimes high creatinine level can be detected. What is the cause of high creatinine level? Take a look.
Posted on Jan-16-2012

902 Patients Concerns on Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy Treating Renal Cyst
Micro-Chinese Medicine osmotherapy is conducted externally. Herbal bags are first soaked in penetrants and then placed on lower back, and with the help of osmosis device, ingredients of herbal medicines will infiltrate into kidneys through the main and channels. All herbal medicines are natural medicine (not chemical drugs), and no side effect is the most featured characteristic of this therapy.
Posted on Jan-15-2012

987 How to Treat PKD Without Surgery
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is an inherited genetic Renal Disorder. In the modes of heredity, there are two presentations for PKD: one is Autosomal Dominant (AD); the other is Autosomal Recessive (AR).
Posted on Jan-14-2012

901 How Does Traditional Chinese Medicine Treat PKD
Currently, most people with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) can not find an effective measure in conventional treatments. Compare with surgery and modern medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is more effective with its unique functions. However, many patients know little about Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Posted on Jan-13-2012

989 Can Dialysis Totally Replace Kidneys
Dialysis is an important replacement therapy for the patients with End Stage Renal Failure and it plays a crucial role in maintaining the patients’ life. However, can dialysis totally replace the native kidneys to maintain the normal physiological activities or improve the kidney function?
Posted on Jan-13-2012

913 Primary Knowledge of Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
Adult polycystic kidney disease is caused by a mistake in the DNA and the incidence is high, one with the wrong DNA in 1000 people. About 10% of end-stage renal failure is caused by adult polycystic kidney disease.
Posted on Jan-12-2012

1083 High Blood Pressure Secondary to Polycystic Kidney Disease
High blood pressure is prevalent among elderly people in past. Whereas, it tends to affect young people nowadays. Elevated blood pressure could be primary or secondary, and massive clinical observations tell that high blood pressure can be a very prevalent complication secondary to Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD).
Posted on Jan-11-2012

866 Micro-Chinese Medicine can Enhance the Treatment Effect of Stem Cell Transplant
Stem Cell Transplant becomes more and more popular in treating Kidney Disease and the wonderful functions of stem cells have been known.
Posted on Jan-11-2012

922 Peritonitis: Complication of Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritonitis is the most common complication of peritoneal dialysis and also the main cause in leading dialysis to fail. Therefore, it is very important for the patients on peritoneal dialysis to know the causes of peritonitis so as to take preventive measures against its occurrence.
Posted on Jan-11-2012

983 Diet Management for PKD Patients to Delay Renal Failure
Even diet management can not PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), a changes in diet have a real effect on slowing its progression. A well managed diet contributes to slowing down the complications and controlling symptoms, as well as even delaying renal failure to occur.
Posted on Jan-11-2012

1044 Herbs Help Prevent High Blood Pressure Related to PKD
High blood pressure is one common complication of PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease). It is defined as the level of blood pressure higher than 140/90, whose normal ranges is 120/80. Elevated blood pressure is considered to aggravate renal injury and increase the risk for heart attack and stroke. Therefore, people with PKD should pay attention to prevention of hypertension.
Posted on Jan-11-2012

960 Is There Any Alternative For PKD Patients Before Dialysis
Once diagnosed with PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), you are expected to undergo the persistent cyst enlargement. However, there exists no solution to control the build-up of multiple cysts with conventional medicine. Many doctors can do nothing but recommend patients to wait to begin dialysis.
Posted on Jan-07-2012

983 How to Treat the Patients with hypertensive nephropathy?
Recently, if the patient is suffering from high blood pressure, after several years, maybe the kidney has some problems, so this disease is called hypertensive nephropathy. If this disease can’t be controlled well, it is very easy to develop into the Kidney Failure.
Posted on Jan-07-2012

1033 How is autosomal dominant PKD diagnosed?
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is usually diagnosed by kidney imaging studies. The most common form of diagnostic kidney imaging is ultrasound, but more precise studies, such as computerized tomography (CT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are also widely used.
Posted on Jan-05-2012

954 Can My Renal Failure Reversible or Treated
Internationally, many countries estimate the renal function by GRF, which indicates how the glomeruli filtrate the blood. Chronic Renal Failure, which is also called CRF, is the last stage all kinds of kidney disease will achieve if not controlled or treated well.
Posted on Jan-05-2012

867 Start Dialysis According to Creatinine Level
Don't be afraid of Dialysis. Dialysis can help patients who have high creatinine feel better and slow done the damage to kidney function. If kidney function is damaged, they can no longer perform its normal functions of secreting hormones, regulating balance of erythrocytes and uric-acid and maintaining stability of internal environment.
Posted on Jan-03-2012

896 Overview of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic kidney disease in which the kidneys, including cortex and medulla, are filled with cysts. Nearly half of patients with this disease will experience high blood pressure.
Posted on Jan-02-2012

889 Side Effects Brought By Kidney Dialysis for ESRD
Kidney dialysis is a lifesaving auxiliary therapy to discharge wastes out of the body for patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). However, risks and potential side effects associated with dialysis should also not be neglected. Patients who are undergoing kidney dialysis should not be panic when encountering the following circumstances.
Posted on Jan-01-2012

890 Why Is There Protein in Urine
Protein in urine is clinically named as proteinuria. It is a common clinical symptom in Kidney Disease. However, besides Kidney Disease, in some other cases, there is also protein in urine.
Posted on Dec-28-2011

923 Is Creatinine Level 2.8 on Blood Test Severe
Serum Creatinine is probably the most widely used measure of evaluating renal function. Creatinine is a non-protein waste product of creatine phosphate metabolism by skeletal muscle tissue. Creatinine production is continuous and is proportional to muscle mass. Some people may find they have a higher creatinine level on the routine test, so what does that mean? Is it severe?
Posted on Dec-26-2011

991 Polycystic Kidney Disease and High Creatinine
Polycystic kidney disease is a type of genetic disease, and now there is no big breakthrough on the treatment for this disease. However, there are other new choices for the patients other than dialysis and kidney transplant.
Posted on Dec-25-2011

913 Complication of Peritoneal Dialysis: Malnutrition
Malnutrition is very common in Chronic Renal Failure. The patients also lose much nutrition in dialysis, especially hemodialysis. Moreover, the patients on dialysis still have to keep a strict diet. Those factors can aggravate the patients’ malnutrition greatly.
Posted on Dec-25-2011

878 How to Arrange Diet in End Stage Renal Disease Secondary to Polycystic Kidney Disease
Most Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) patients will develop kidney failure in the end. In the end stage of Renal Failure secondary to Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), namely Uremia, many patients lose their appetite.
Posted on Dec-23-2011

886 What Are the Clinical Symptoms of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)?
Initially, ADPKD has no symptoms, but it can be detected by ultrasound in childhood. It progresses slowly over the years, and it attacks in youth or in middle age in most cases. The symptoms, such as back pain, discomfort, hematuria, urinary tract infections, are all associated with the influences of the cysts. Chronic infection tends to co-exist with and aggravate the kidney conditions. In the advanced stage, the kidneys become so large that they can be felt by hands. Almost 33% of the kidney p
Posted on Dec-22-2011

8977 Do You Know the Complications of Anaphylactic Purpura Nephritis
Anaphylactic Purpura Nephritis means that kidney damage caused by Anaphylactic Purpura, and the cause of this kind of disease may be allergic reaction caused by germs, virus, parasite and other infection, or allergy caused by some drugs, food and so on, or irritation caused by plant flower powder, bugbite, chill.
Posted on Dec-22-2011