Category: Risk Factors

Risk factors

Kidney is a major organ of the body. Diseases affecting it automatically impact other major organs such as the heart, brain, liver & lungs adversely. Add to that, the fact that the kidney disease occupies a huge chunk of national healthcare budgets.

In short, kidney disease can be a massive drain of physical health, emotional well-being & financial savings. This is precisely what makes it imperative for you to proactively learn about what increases your risk of getting kidney ailments.

Kidney Disease in Transgender Individuals

April 20, 2021April 25, 2021Leave a comment

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we came across a number of relevant articles on the need for better representation of the Transgender community in various spheres of life.

Invariably, our attention turned towards their representation, inclusion & access to healthcare, especially with respect to kidney disease. This basic thought drove us to present you with evidence based insight into the risk & prevalence of kidney disease in the Trans community that can be linked to Gender affirmation treatments.

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Low Birth Weight & Kidney Disease

August 25, 2019May 21, 2021Leave a comment

Were you born prematurely before completing “9 months of nurturing” in your mum’s womb? Or did you have a Low Birth Weight despite being a “Term baby”?

Low Birth Weight baby — *Image credit: Wikimedia Commons*

In that case, you may want to consider getting a medical opinion about your chances of developing high blood pressure, cardiovascular (heart) disease and kidney disease later in life.

Wonder why?

Read on to understand.

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It’s not just your Lungs!…Smoking damages your Kidneys too!

November 18, 2018May 22, 2021Leave a comment

Be it the rugged Marlboro Man or the suave James Bond, showbiz has had a way of making a big section of its audience (especially the impressionable age groups) believe how smoking Cigarettes (tobacco) has an important role in building a “more attractive” social image for themselves. However, what these unsuspecting viewers are unaware of is the full range of clinically proven and often fatal health complications that accompany smoking tobacco in the long run.

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Alcohol and Kidney Disease

November 8, 2018May 22, 2021Leave a comment

Alcohol is a part of the lives of a big chunk of the general population, whether as an occasional, moderate or frequent consumer or perhaps, a binge drinker. Unfortunately, it is also an established, major cause of kidney damage when continued unchecked, in the long term.

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