Kidney Diet: Predicting the Safety
- October 30th, 2011
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There is no way to predict how long it will take glomeruli (nephrons and eventually) to close a particular patient’s kidney diet. Brenner and his colleagues note that the rate of deterioration of nephron function, which is characteristic for each patient instead of the basic features of the disease. Progression to renal failure may also go, although the disease is controlled by medication, or if the original cause is removed (as in patients who develop renal failure treated with post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis). They conclude that when the original injury or disease has attacked and destroyed a number of nephrons, increased pressure on remaining glomeruli destroy more, eventually causing kidney failure. I do not know how many nephrons is best to begin this process of progressive renal disease without the constant damage. Hyperfunctioning [very active] glomeruli are like hyperactive children, only in the first case, the excessive pressure within the kidney ultimately leads to a deterioration of glomerular filtration rate.