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Kidney Transplant: Before the surgery November 25, 2020
Kidney Transplant – Basics November 4, 2020
Creatine Supplements and your Kidney October 11, 2020
Infections that cause kidney damage September 14, 2020
Medicines can damage kidneys: Understanding Drug-induced Nephrotoxicity August 28, 2020
COVID-19 Research Repository August 3, 2020
Herd Immunity: The concept & COVID-19 July 26, 2020
Peritoneal Dialysis July 13, 2020
Haemodialysis July 13, 2020
High Blood Pressure in CKD: Treatment June 30, 2020
High Blood Pressure in CKD June 17, 2020
Blood Pressure Essentials June 17, 2020
Dialysis Essentials June 2, 2020
Dry Weight in Dialysis May 30, 2020
Vaccines & Kidney Patients: A Comprehensive Guide April 25, 2020

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#122 [THINGS YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE YOU CAN GET A K

#122 [THINGS YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE YOU CAN GET A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT]
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Hello everyone & Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
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Few things would be better than being thankful for the "gift of life" that transplant recipients like us receive from our kind, altruistic kidney donors. The gratitude is simply immeasurable! 🙏
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Today, with our 2nd article in the kidney transplant series, we provide an outline of all the steps that an average pre kidney transplant preparation for the kidney patient & the kidney donor entails.
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Click on the LATEST LINK IN THE BIO to go to the article.
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Find detailed explanations on:
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🔸️Finding a matched kidney donor
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🔸️What-why-how of cross matching & tissue typing
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🔸️Pre-transplant testing to assess donor fitness
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🔸️Pre-transplant testing of patient & assessment of general fitness for surgery
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🔸️In-camera donor consent (in select nations only)
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And more!
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Stay kidney-aware! Be a better prepared kidney warrior. 🙂
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Take care all of you!

#121 [KIDNEY TRANSPLANT BASICS] . Presenting our m

#121 [KIDNEY TRANSPLANT BASICS]
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Presenting our medical jargon-free Kidney Transplant series from a unique perspective of medical doctors who have experienced life with chronic kidney disease & are now clinically stable after a kidney transplant.
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Soon after unwell kidneys enter End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) i.e. Kidney failure, medicines alone do not suffice. Along this course, patient survival essentially requires "assistive" treatments like Dialysis for unwell kidneys to "tide over" or preferably, a renal replacement therapy in the truest sense like a Kidney transplant, where a healthy donor kidney gradually "takes over all functions of the unwell kidneys" to help you lead a relatively normal life.
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While kidney transplants are the best treatment in the majority of cases with ESRD, it has its share of nitty gritties as well. This is what our Kidney Transplant Series aims to help you with.
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We begin the series with an introduction touching upon the bare basics that every Transplant candidate must be thoroughly aware of.
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We will roll out further guidance successively to walk you through this process. Keep a tab of this space for more.
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Stay informed, vigilant, safe & warm. And like we love saying, Hap"pee" Learning about Kidneys! 🙂

#120 [CAN CREATINE SUPPLEMENTS HARM KIDNEYS?] Cre

#120 [CAN CREATINE SUPPLEMENTS HARM KIDNEYS?]

Creatine Supplements are a common performance-enhancing agent. It is also rather popular with fitness enthusiasts, athletes and professional bodybuilders these days. But a growing number of Creatine consumers are also concerned about if these supplements could damage kidneys.
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Now, anything kidney tingles our neurons immediately! So we decided to address these concerns with the article today.
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📌 Creatine Basics
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📌 How the body reacts to Creatine Supplements
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📌 The Creatine-Kidney-connect
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📌 How Cteatine Supplements can affect kidney filtration
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📌 Ways in which Creatine Supplements could potentially cause kidney damage and when
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📌 Symptoms that you must keep track of to sense if you have developed any kidney issue after starting on Creatine powders
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📌 The take home message!

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Read the article to understand the kind of relationship that Creatine Supplements share with your kidneys, when things remain friendly, when it could "hit a rough patch" & the warning signs to prevent an irreversible damage on time.
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Stay Kidney-safe. Stay well all of you! 🙂

#119 Amid the COVID-19 pandemonium, we at Team ATK

#119 Amid the COVID-19 pandemonium, we at Team ATK quietly turned 2 years old. Yay!
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We're ecstatic that our "baby" All Things Kidney - Official <www.allthingskidney.com> is now half way through toddlerhood, receiving some good quality attention from the "kidney family" worldwide. All thanks to our beautiful readers / followers / clients for their valuable suggestions & encouragement all through.
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Also, we are enthusiastic about the fact that there is so much to learn about & a lot more growing up to be done. So we request your kind company all along as well! 🙂
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If we take a quick look over the past year, we offered:
🔸️Patient Resources (Kidney Function Calculators)
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🔸️Guides on High Blood Pressure in Kidney Disease
#allthingskidney108 #allthingskidney109
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🔸️List of vaccines safe for kidney patients & those necessary before a Transplant
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🔸️Explanation on how non-kidney infections that can harm kidneys #allthingskidney118
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🔸️List of medicines that can cause kidney damage #allthingskidney117
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🔸️Tips to ace your dietary Phosphorus management with CKD #allthingskidney91
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Ways to be Protein-Smart with CKD
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🔸️Insight on a practical kidney friendly grocery list #allthingskidney95
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🔸️101-guide on Kidney-friendly kitchens
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🔸️A-Z Dialysis guides sans medical jargon
#allthingskidney106 #allthingskidney107 #allthingskidney112
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🔸️Mythbusters on popular health fads that damage kidneys
#allthingskidney87
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AND OF COURSE 👇
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🔸️Complete COVID-19 guides for kidney patients & a COVID-19 research repository #allthingskidney103
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These were just the highlights. Of course there's a lot more!
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With your support, we hope to continue our effort towards further unraveling the enigma called Human Kidneys in health & disease to help you gain clarity on this crucial organ.
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After all, knowing what's going on within your body enhances your ability to take control of your patient experience & navigate it from a position of strength. Trust us, that helps.
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Stay informed+empowered with Team ATK (link in BIO) 🙂

#118 [NON-KIDNEY INFECTIONS CAN DAMAGE KIDNEYS TOO

#118 [NON-KIDNEY INFECTIONS CAN DAMAGE KIDNEYS TOO!]
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In these times of the COVID-19 pandemic, several realizations came to the fore.
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One of them was how unaware, a big chunk of our society is, on how several infections irrespective of where they initially start, can cause kidney damage. Something that resulted in the death of many patients with COVID-19 that starts primarily as a respiratory or gut infection.
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So we at Team ATK decided to get to work and compile a comprehensive list of all infectious diseases which can potentially cause kidney damage, even if the initial infection starts elsewhere.
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The article today discusses the following:
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📌 A very brief overview of how exactly do infections "access" kidneys to damage them
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📌 The kind of damage that infectious diseases can cause & how.
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📌 A comprehensive list of kidney-damaging infectious diseases & how they could be transmitted to humans.
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Click on the latest link in the BIO (Sept 15th, 2020) to access the article.
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Go ahead! Read this comprehensive guide & inch closer to "kidney-smartness"! 🙂

#117 Can medicines damage #kidneys ? Well, some ca

#117 Can medicines damage #kidneys ? Well, some can.
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Thing is, whatever we eat, drink or inject into our body circulates via blood through our kidneys. This tenet holds true for medicines as well.
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As you all know, prescription medicines come with specific dose instructions. These comply with dosing protocols found "safe & effective" after rigorous clinical trials for that drug. The purpose of such fixed dosing is to ensure maximum benefit from the drug & minimize the chances of harmful side effects.
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If such medicines are not taken following your healthcare provider's instructions, or if it is an illegal substance, it can end up harming your kidneys!
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Technically, such medicines are termed "Nephrotoxic" & the kidney-damage is called Drug-induced Nephrotoxicity.
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This is an extremely common form of #kidneydamage in day-to-day Nephrology practice these days. This is more so, because of:
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🔸️ Unmonitored self-medication
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🔸️ Taking unapproved herbal supplements for "added" benefit
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🔸️ Substance abuse
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The good news though is that with proactive awareness from your side such kidney damage is also completely preventable with proper #kidneyhealth awareness.
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To help you with this task, we have come up with a comprehensive guide on:
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📍What is Drug-induced Nephrotoxicity?
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📍Why does it happen & under what conditions?
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📍A detailed list of medicines & chemical substances classified according to their medical use, that can potentially cause kidney injury
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📍The best practices to protect your kidney from any new damage from medicines.
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CLICK ON THE NEW LINK IN THE BIO (Aug 29th, 2020) TO GET TO THE ARTICLE.
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/can-medicines-damage-kidneys/
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This is a detailed article divided into multiple sections. Read it in one go or jump to the sections of your interest from the content table, bookmark the page to return to read the rest should you need to, at your own comfortable time.
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Either way, do read it! 🙂
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Go ahead, educate yourself actively on this front, be vigilant about what medication / supplements you take & choose to stay kidney-smart! Take care! 🌿

#116 [ALERT!] The unholy lure of "making easy mone

#116 [ALERT!] The unholy lure of "making easy money by Selling Organs" continues unabated on a global scale, despite concerted efforts & legislations in place. And queries in this regard are not uncommon either.
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Whatever be the motivation, be it that fabled iPhone against a kidney or genuine financial trouble, it is imperative that all such potential "Kidney Hawkers" understand the full picture of this "seemingly lucrative" way of revenue generation, for their own interest!
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👉 If you want to stay under the purview of law, you CANNOT sell your organs anywhere worldwide. But if you want to “sell” your kidney, you invite the clutches of illicit operators running #organdonation rackets who do promise huge sums of money in exchange of the organ, but DO NOT ENSURE the following for you:
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1️⃣ If the surgeon & medical staff involved are actually trained to carry out organ retreivals.You could end up with infections or lose excessive blood as a result of botched-up procedures in such illegal “Organ Trade” practices.
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2️⃣ If you will actually wake up after surgery. It could always be that both your kidneys are removed and you're left to die. Why would organ traffickers care at all for your life?
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3️⃣ If you do wake up, will you recover well to continue with your life and spend the money that you earned as you wish to?
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4️⃣ Would you qualify for any insurance or litigation (lawyer) support if something goes wrong? Chances are you won't because such organ trade is illegal, to begin with.
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👉 In most countries, Organ Donation is altruistic in nature without any direct exchange of money for the organ. There should be no middle-man involved. At the most, your proposed organ recipient & their family may handle all your medical and logistical expenses that you incur during the organ donation. Healthcare systems in some countries may also compensate a part of your monthly salary (provided you work) for the duration of your absence from work.
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👉 CONSIDER all the above points before you decide to make that “quick buck”.
After all, what's the use of being promised a spectacular sum of money by illegal operators if you don't even survive to spend it the way you want?

#115 [HERD IMMUNITY & COVID-19] . The Herd Immunit

#115 [HERD IMMUNITY & COVID-19]
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The Herd Immunity debate is growing stronger these days as a potentially viable strategy to curb the highly contagious COVID-19 pandemic.
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1️⃣ So what the devil is Herd Immunity?
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2️⃣ Is it truly attainable or just a fable?
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3️⃣ How does it really work?
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4️⃣ Can kidney patients, transplant recipients & immunocompromised patients benefit from it? How?
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5️⃣ How is it related to how contagious an infection is?
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6️⃣ Does Herd Immunity protect you for life?
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7️⃣ Is it viable for COVID-19? If yes, what is the best way to achieve Herd Immunity against it?
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Find the answers to all these questions to support your overall decision making on the matter, by clicking the LATEST LINK (Aug 4th 2020) IN THE BIO or go to the link below 👇
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/herd-immunity-for-covid-19-kidney-patients/
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In this age of information overload in open access media, it is crucial that you obtain trustworthy information based on tenable facts.
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So, true to our commitment, we have taken care to provide fully referenced (& hyper-linked) information in this article as well.
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One more thing. This article is to help you gain some direction regarding what is feasible in terms of Herd Immunity in COVID-19 keeping the best interests of human health in mind. Should you have any queries, suggestions or remarks, feel free to post them in the comments section below.
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Stay Kidney-smart, updated, logical & vigilant about your health with All Things Kidney - Official!
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#114 [HERD IMMUNITY & COVID-19] . The Herd Immunit

#114 [HERD IMMUNITY & COVID-19]
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The Herd Immunity debate is growing stronger these days as a potentially viable strategy to curb the highly contagious COVID-19 pandemic.
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1️⃣ So what the devil is Herd Immunity?
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2️⃣ Is it truly attainable or just a fable?
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3️⃣ How does it really work?
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4️⃣ Can kidney patients, transplant recipients & immunocompromised patients benefit from it? How?
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5️⃣ How is it related to how contagious an infection is?
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6️⃣ Does Herd Immunity protect you for life?
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7️⃣ Is it viable for COVID-19? If yes, what is the best way to achieve Herd Immunity against it?
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Find the answers to all these questions to support your overall decision making on the matter, by clicking the LATEST LINK (July 27th 2020) IN THE BIO or go to the link below 👇
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/herd-immunity-for-covid-19-kidney-patients/
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In this age of information overload in open access media, it is crucial that you obtain trustworthy information based on tenable facts.
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So, true to our commitment, we have taken care to provide fully referenced (& hyper-linked) information in this article as well.
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One more thing. This article is to help you gain some direction regarding what is feasible in terms of Herd Immunity in COVID-19 keeping the best interests of human health in mind. Should you have any queries, suggestions or remarks, feel free to post them in the comments section below.
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Stay Kidney-smart, updated, logical & vigilant about your health with All Things Kidney - Official!
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