Kidney Cysts Explained: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment by Dr. Abhik Debnath
PACE Hospitals
A kidney cyst is a fluid-filled sac that forms in or on the kidneys, often detected during imaging tests. While many cysts are simple and harmless, some may cause symptoms like pain in the back or side, fever, or frequent urination. Larger or complex cysts can sometimes lead to complications like infections or impaired kidney function. Treatment for kidney cysts depends on the size and symptoms. In most cases, small, simple cysts don't require treatment, but larger or symptomatic cysts may need draining or surgical removal to prevent further issues.
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Kidney failure in telugu - మూత్రపిండాల వైఫల్యం అనేది మీ రక్తం నుండి వ్యర్థ పదార్థాలను సరిగ్గా ఫిల్టర్ చేయలేని పరిస్థితి. ఇది అకస్మాత్తుగా (తీవ్రమైన మూత్రపిండ వైఫల్యం) లేదా కాలక్రమేణా (దీర్ఘకాలిక మూత్రపిండ వ్యాధి) జరగవచ్చు. మూత్రపిండ వైఫల్యం ఒక తీవ్రమైన పరిస్థితి, కానీ మీరు సుదీర్ఘమైన మరియు చురుకైన జీవితాన్ని గడపడానికి సహాయపడే చికిత్సలు అందుబాటులో ఉన్నాయి. మూత్రపిండాల వైఫల్యానికి రెండు ప్రధాన చికిత్సలు డయాలసిస్ మరియు మూత్రపిండ మార్పిడి. ప్రారంభ రోగ నిర్ధారణ మరియు చికిత్స తీవ్రమైన సమస్యలను నివారించడానికి సహాయపడుతుంది.
End-stage renal (kidney) disease (ESRD) also called as kidney failure, it is a condition in which the kidneys can no longer function properly. This can lead to a buildup of toxins and fluids in the body, which can be life-threatening. The symptoms of ESKD vary depending on the severity of the disease. The treatment for ESKD depends on the underlying cause of the disease. In some cases, medications or lifestyle changes may be helpful. In more severe cases, dialysis or a kidney transplant may be the only option.
Fructose is the primary nutrient in fruits and honey, giving them a sweet taste. High fructose intake, leading to diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and metabolic syndrome, increases the chronic kidney disease risk. Uric acid may directly damage the kidneys by causing scarring in the kidneys. In patients suffering from chronic kidney disease, it can worsen the protein loss in the urine.
Kidney disease can cause high potassium levels (hyperkalemia) or low potassium levels (hypokalemia). Hyperkalemia can cause clinical symptoms, which sometimes can need emergency management, such as muscle weakness, paralysis, paresthesia (abnormal skin sensations) and Cardiac arrhythmias (abnormal cardiac conduction changes which can be life-threatening). There are ways to control it by diet and lifestyle management.
In patients with Chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are not on dialysis, protein restriction in the diet is advised to slow the kidney disease worsening. Protein restriction helps in reducing the toxicity from uremic toxins whereas Protein energy wasting is common in patients on dialysis. It increases the risk of death.
In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) carbohydrate metabolism is affected at various levels of insulin and glucose interaction leading to glucose intolerance (higher than normal blood sugar levels). Important abnormalities seen in CKD patients are insulin resistance, defect in insulin secretion, defect in insulin clearance and hypoglycemia.
Protein energy wasting (PEW) is common in patients with chronic kidney disease. As the severity of kidney disease increases malnutrition also increases. In India have shown that up to more than 90% of patients on dialysis have malnutrition in lower income group. More than 60% of middle-income group patients on dialysis have malnutrition. Nutritional therapy is important in patients with kidney disease because it helps in many ways.
Patients with COVID-19 with normal kidney function before the illness can develop abnormality in kidney function which is called acute kidney injury (AKI). COVID-19 can affect Kidney by Kidney tubular injury (acute tubular necrosis) with septic shock, micro-inflammation, increased blood clotting, and probable direct infection of the kidney.
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