Kidneys

People who have kidney failure, which is when 90% or more of the kidneys do not work, must be on dialysis. When kidneys fail the body cant cleanse the body of waste. The persons blood will become toxic and the person will die without dialysis or a kidney transplant. That's just with kidney failure. Of course you can live with only one kidney. Say you only had one kidney, that one kidney would have to be over 50% damaged before a person would possibly need to be on dialysis. To simply answer your question, you could have no problems with a damaged kidney, but failed kidneys will cause death.

Starvation starts to shut down organs. Our body is all one, food and water is like the fuel. You stop giving the body fuel, it starts to shut down organs to make up for lost fuel. Starvation is one of the dealiest things today.

No, not that I'm aware of... a kidney infection can be cause dform several things including diet, how often you urinate and injuries. It is not possible to catch a kidney infection from someone or pass one on to someone else. No. I've had at least 5 kidney infections. It hurts terribly but no, it's not contagious. There are a few different things that cause them: 1. Wiping from back to front 2. Not drinking enough fluids 3. Having bacteria get inside you (from things such as certain kinds of foreplay, or sex. If you are sexually active, be sure to urinate after intercourse. Always.)

Generally speaking, all the nutrients found in vegetables like Spinach and Celery will help with your eyesight.

For good eye health you will need vitamin A C and E, also the minerals zinc and copper along with bioflavonoids. Also Lutein, Bilberry and Zeaxanthin for the macular. The fatty acids are also great Omega 3, 6 and 9 complex. You will need supplements to obtain all that is needed, as no one food alone or several can supply the doses that are needed everyday. Antioxidants like zeaxanthin, lycopene and lutein are very good for eye health. They are found in green leafy vegetables and processed tomatoes. Vitamins and minerals like Vitamins A, C, E, B2, selenium, zinc and copper are needed. You cannot get all of these nutrients consistently through your diet. I take a supplement which includes all of these nutrients and Bilberry extract called Crystal Vision Matrix.

The kidneys are the "filters" of the human body. First, the blood caries Oxygen and glucose to the cells and takes waste materials away from them. In the next step the kidneys filter out(in there nephrons) all the waste the blood carries from the cells. The waste(urine) is stored in the bladder and when full, gives you the "I gotta pee" feeling.

wally the best An artificial kidney system comprises an artificial kidney forming container having an inlet blood port connectable with a patient's artery and an outlet blood port connectable with a patient's vein so that blood from the patient's artery can flow through the inlet port into the container, then through an inner space of the container and then through the outlet blood port into the patient's vein, the inner space of the container being filled with an adsorbent for removing harmful and toxic compounds from a stream of blood flowing in the inner space from the inlet blood port to the outlet blood port, the container being provided with a separate chamber formed inside the inner space and limited by a semi-permeable polymeric ultrafiltration-type membrane which allows water and dissolved small molecules to be transported from blood into the chamber, and suction element connectable with the separate chamber so that the water and the dissolved small molecules are transported from blood into the separate chamber and further outside of the container under the action of suction of the suction element.

Cancer turns normal cells into abnormal cells in a primary organ site. These abnormal cells proliferate--- increase in that organ. But cancer can metastasize, which means that new cancer cells show up in a different part of the body. For example, a friend of mine who enjoyed playing golf had a tiny dark spot on his forehead. A doctor removed it and tests said the tissue was benign, which means not cancerous. Nearly 20 years later, he developed melanoma in the fat tissues that lay over the abdomen. Docs could not explain it since melanoma is a skin cancer, and he forgot about the forehead spot from years ago, When I reminded him about the forehead spot, it all made sense-- cells from there had metastasized to the abdominal tissues. After 1 year of experimental treatments, he is dying.

Cancer kills by changing how a body organ functions. It makes normal cells into slave cells, plus causes symptoms that are annoying, painful, and life-threatening. For example, overnight, my friend's abdomen swelled-- the fluid was inside the fat cells, which is different from ascites. Within a few days, he had trouble breathing because the belly put so much pressure on his lungs. Within another week, he became too weak to stand or to walk. New scans showed a small spot in his brain and in his lungs. He is not expected to live more than 6 months.

The doctors used to tell him that whenever they have a headache, they are not willing to take PANADOL (PARACETMOL). In fact,they will turn to Chinese Herbal Medicine or find other alternatives. This is because Panadol is toxic to the body, and it harms the liver. According to the doctor, Panadol will reside in the body for at least 5 years. And according to the doctor, there used to be an incident where an air stewardess consumes a lot of panadol during her menstrual as she needs to stand all the time. She's now in her early 30's, and she needs to wash her kidney (DIALYSIS) every month. As said by the doctor that whenever we have a headache, that's because it is due to the electron/Ion imbalance in the brain. As an alternative solution to cope with this matter, they suggested that we buy 1 or 2 cans of isotonic drink ( eg.100PLUS), and mix it with drinking water according to a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 (simply, it means one cup 100plus, one cup water.or 2 cups water).

Each kidney has millions of tiny filtration units called glomeruli. These glomeruli filter out wastes from the blood and pass them on through the ureters to the bladder, for you to pass as urine.

In addition to filtering the blood, your kidneys are also responsible for maintaining a proper balance of sodium, potassium, and phosphorus in your body. They also help your body maintain the proper amount of red blood cells. That's why people whose kidneys have failed and have to go on dialysis have to watch their intake of sodium, phosphorus, and potassium, and why many dialysis patients are anemic.

Blood entering the kidneys goes into a system of very narrow high pressure blood vessels, these allow various waste products to pass into the ureters, which lead to the bladder.

Organs are retroperitoneal if they have peritoneum on their anterior side only. Structures that are not suspended by mesentery in the abdominal cavity and that lie between the parietal peritoneum and abdominal wall are classified as retroperitoneal.

Kidney and urinary tract infections may be caused by bacteria invading the urine, which is normally a sterile body fluid. Bacteria most commonly gain access to the urine through the urethra, which can be exposed to bacteria from outside of the body.

Common sources of bacteria invading the urinary system are the vagina, anus, and skin. Because of the shorter length of urethra in women, urine infection is more common in women compared to men. There are some factors that may predispose people to urinary tract infections.

Sexual intercourse may increase the risk of urine infection in women. Kidney infection may be facilitated by the introduction of bacteria from outside (vagina) to the urinary system through the urethra.

Pregnant women may also be at higher risk for developing develop urinary tract infections. This may be caused by slower transit of urine from the ureters into the bladder because of increased pressure on the ureters from the enlarged uterus. Approximately 10% of pregnant women may develop kidney and urinary tract infections during their pregnancy.

Kidney stones are another factor that may increase the likelihood of urinary tract infection. Stones can cause partial or complete obstruction to the flow of urine from the kidneys and ureters. This obstruction may act as a focus of infection in the urinary system, leading to urinary tract infections.

Bladder catheters (Foley catheters) are sometimes placed into the bladder in order to aid the outflow of urine from the bladder. These are used in many settings, for example, paralysis with nerve damage to the bladder causing accumulation of urine without adequate emptying, bladder obstruction from an enlarged prostate, or immobilized or hospitalized patients who are not able to independently urinate. These catheters may act as a vehicle for bacteria to gain access to the urine inside the bladder causing urinary infections.

In children some risk factors include female gender, an uncircumcised male, or a structural abnormality of the urinary system.

eliminates waste from the body
function of the kidney : The kidneys remove wastes and water from the blood to form urine. Urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through the ureters.
the main function unit of the kidney is the nephron The kidneys regulate the body's fluid volume, mineral composition and acidity by excreting and reabsorbing water and inorganic electrolytes. ( http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4647 )
to filter out the things that your body doesn't need

A nephrectomy is an operation that removes a kidney. However there are two variations, either simple nephrectomy or radical nephrectomy depending on the etiology (origin of the disease process or condition.

You mean the capsuls covering it. But generally kidney is coverd by posterior wall of peritonium

the body may not accept the transplant and then it will be just as bad as not getting a transplant or the patient waiting may be too ill and dye before getting the transplant because of the very long waiting lists.

ADH is a hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, in the brain. ADH travels in the blood to its target organ, the kidney, where it combines with complementary receptors on the surface of the plasma membranes of cuboidal epithelial cells making up the wall of the collecting ducts of nephron.

This stimulates a series of enzyme controlled reactions, resulting in production of an active phosphorylase enzyme which causes vesicles which have plasma membranes posessing a large number of water permeable channels, to move across the cell and fuse with the cell's plasma membrane.

As a result of these water permeable channels, the walls of the collecting duct are more permeable, and water can move out of the lumen of the collecting duct by osmosis down a water potential gradient (this gradient is created by active pumping of inorganic ions into the medulla by the loop of Henle) and is reabsorbed into the blood. As a result, the urine will be more concentrated and have less water, and the organism will consequently conserve more water.

If an organism is dehydrated or has done lots of exercise and has been sweating, the osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus detect the change in water potential, and ADH is secreted from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, so water is conserved as described above. If the organism has drank a lot of water, this is also detected and no ADH is produced - the hormone operates on a system of negative feedback.

High levels of phosphorus in blood can occur in people with severe kidney disease or severe dysfunction of their calcium regulation. High phosphate levels in your blood reduce the formation of the active form of vitamin D (calcitriol) in your kidneys, reduce blood calcium, and lead to increased parathyroid hormone (PTH) release by the parathyroid glands.

High intakes of phosphorus, as is found in a diet with meats, soft drinks, and other convenience foods, can affect calcium metabolism. Because phosphorus is not as tightly regulated by the body as calcium, phosphate levels in your blood can rise slightly with a high phosphorus diet, especially after meals. If you drink too much soda and you don't eat enough leafy green vegetables and other calcium-rich foods, you are risking your bone health. Potential calcium deficiency symptoms may be more likely when your phosphorus intake is very high. A low calcium-to-phosphorus ratio in your diet increases your risk of hypertension and colon-rectal cancer. Excessively high levels of phosphorus in your blood can combine with calcium to form deposits in soft tissues such as muscle.

The organ was called a kidney first. The kidney bean is called so because it is shaped like a kidney, the organ.

The kidneys work to filter the blood in a person's body. If they stop working properly, dangerous wastes will build up in a person's body and result in death if they don't get medical treatment. Dialysis will work to do what the kidneys cannot until a person can get a transplant.

The renal medulla contains collecting ducts.

The medical adjective for the kidneys is renal. The adjective nephric can also refer to the kidneys and their related tissues.