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Renal Failure:
Western Treatment
By definition, renal failure is the inability of the kidneys to filter waste products from the blood and excrete them into urine (American Medical, 1989).What specific procedures are done to treat kidney failure using western medicine? ...
Kidney failure also known by its scientific name, renal failure affects roughly 20 million people in the United States alone (Statistics, 2003). This is because renal failure is not caused by any one disease or implication, instead, a variety of factors and diseases may bring about renal failure. ...
There are two main treatments used to treat renal failure – dialysis and a kidney transplant. ... Dialysis treatment uses a machine to filter the wastes and impurities in the bloodstream (Kidney Failure Symptoms, 2003).
A kidney transplant on the other hand involves the transferring of a kidney from a donor into the renal victim. ...
Kidney Function
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs about the size of your fist (Kidney Failure Symptoms, 2003). ... We get the word renal from the Latin root renes (Cameron 1997, p. ... Each nephron consists of a capsule, a capillary network and renal tubules (DeCoursey, 1968, p. ...
Kidney Diseases
The majority of kidney diseases may be divided into two main categories; acute and chronic renal failure. The disease is considered acute when kidney function stops suddenly (Kidney Failure Symptoms, 2003). “Acute renal failure (ARF) is often caused by physical injury or surgical complications, or blockages in the blood vessels leading to the kidney”(Kidney Failure Symptoms, 2003). ...
Because the majority of diseases afflicting most people are mainly chronic renal failure (CRF), this paper will focus more on CRF, more so than ARF. CRF is characterized from progressive kidney function loss (Chronic Renal Failure, 2002). CRF is often caused by other serious medical conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes (Kidney Failure Symptoms, 2003). It is important to note that it is not until seventy percent of kidney function is lost until most patients begin to show any symptoms of CRF (Chronic Renal Failure, 2002). The National Kidney Foundation has noted that over twenty million Americans alone live with CRF and an additional twenty million are at risk of developing CRF (Kidney Failure Symptoms, 2003). ... If the glomeruli are damaged, the kidney is unable to filter the blood thus causing renal failure. ...
Kidney failure associated with high blood pressure
Next to diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension) is the second leading cause of kidney failure (High Blood Pressure – Kidney Failure , 2002). ... Again, over time, the kidney may deteriorate and virtually become incapable of performing life-affirming functions (High Blood Pressure – Kidney Failure,2002). ... The name for this stage in renal failure is known as end stage renal disease (ESRD). Only then are dialysis and kidney transplanting your primary options (Kidney Failure Symptoms, 2003).
Treatment
Because the symptoms of kidney failure are not apparent until kidney function is reduced to as little as 25 percent, by then it is too late and you only have two options; dialysis and a kidney transplant. ...
Kidney Transplantation
“Despite all the problems which remain unsolved, a successful renal transplant us the most satisfactory treatment for end-stage kidney failure from the medical, psychological, social, and economic points of view” (Cameron, 1997, p. ...
Conclusion
Kidney failure is prevalent throughout the United States as well as the world and is constantly on the rise. Diabetes, the leading cause of kidney failure has now been declared as an epidemic in the United States (Gorman, 2003, p. ...
In hindsight regarding any type of renal disease, the best “treatment” is always to not get the disease in the first place.
Approximate Word count = 3612
Approximate Pages = 14.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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