Chronic Kidney Disease: Leading Causes Of Mortality

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide problem that is currently three times higher for African Americans, Hispanics, Pacific Islanders, American Indians and seniors (The National Kidney Foundation, 2013). CKD occurs when the kidneys are damaged by a pathogen or injury and they can no longer adequately maintain proper levels of regulated chemicals in the bloodstream. There are many risk associated with CKD. According to the National Kidney Foundation, two of the major risks are Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) and Cardiovascular Disease. Currently twenty million American adults have CKD and millions of others are at increased risk. Age has no barrier on getting CKD. People with pre-existing health issues, and a part of certain population

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disorder and occurs in the elderly population. In younger patients, it

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a disease that is described as a loss of kidney function gradually over time. As kidney function decreases, the waste collection in the body’s blood becomes high and makes the individual feel sick. This disease can lead to other complications in the body such as anemia, poor nutritional health, high blood pressure, and nerve damage. These complications will begin to progress and show as CKD progresses to advanced stages. Early detection of this disease is essential when it comes to treatment. If CKD is diagnosed early enough the disease progression can be slowed down and managed. This disease will eventually lead to failure of the kidneys

After all is verified, I use my “sphygmomanometer” to listen to my patient’s fistulas “bruit”. I hear the loud swoosh sound repeatedly like waves hitting the shore. I “palpate” for the “thrill” on my patient’s “fistula” to make sure the blood flow is normal and there is no “infiltration”.

After conducting a health history assessment and formulating a genogram for my client C.N, I have come to the conclusion that she is at increased risk for developing kidney disease. C.N is a 32 years-old African American female with a current medical diagnosis of Hydronephrosis, UTI, and Left Ureteral Constriction. Unfortunately she also has an extensive family history of kidney disease. Healthy People 2020 points out that genetic determinants have a large influence on the development and progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and that although it is not possible to alter a person’s biology or genetics determinants; however, successful behavior modification is expected to have a positive influence on the disease given that

The kidneys are essential towards the human body; They maintain fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance. Also, they excrete waste products, like urine, help control blood pressure, and blood cell production. The nephrons inside the kidneys, responsible for removing waste products, can become damaged. Thus, will be the start of kidney disease. Chronic Kidney Disease is constant nephron damage for several years. In Addition to the damage of the nephrons there’s a decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). GFR is a test that measures how well your kidneys are working. One of the major causes of CKD is diabetes and hypertension. (Silberberg, 2015) If CKD progress without the proper medical help, it will result to kidney failure and a transplant or dialysis may be necessary. Along with all other diseases, kidney diseases have a negative effect on metabolism, nutritional status and nutritional requirements. Patients with chronic kidney disease should limit their intake on protein, sodium, potassium, calcium and phosphorus (Dudek., 2014) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the macro and micronutrients important to prevent chronic kidney disease.

The author Harini Sarathy provides information about the study has shown that many young adult with abdominal obesity is being exposed to chronic kidney disease that had lead to hypertension or diabetes mellitus. The abdominal obesity is mostly seen in Mexican - Americans, who show early markers of kidney dysfunction even in individual with normal blood pressure, glucose level and insulin sensitivity. The study has shown that mostly Mexican - American affected due to their genetics and environmental condition which lead to weight loss and kidney dysfunction. This can only be cure by public awareness.

Chronic Kidney Disease affects more than 10% of adults in the United States, and more than 20 million individuals may have this illness (National Chronic Kidney Disease Fact Sheet, 2014). Moreover, there are 26 million Americans beyond 20 years old with this ailment, which incorporates more than 940,000 adults in Michigan (Kidney Disease, 2105). Notwithstanding this, a combined populace of more than 600 million individuals in developing countries that can’t manage the cost of renal replacement, subsequently causing over 1 million deaths for untreated kidney failure (Chronic Kidney Disease, 2015). Indeed, there are more than 80% of people receiving renal replacement therapy. Additionally, as assessed around 1 in 5 men and 1 in 4 women between the age of 65 and 74 and half of people over the age of 75 years old have Chronic Kidney Disease (Chronic Kidney Disease, 2015).

Chronic kidney disease is associated with the aging population, whereby the kidneys are impaired in terms of functionality (Giordano et al., 2016). The basic role of the kidney is to maintain a balance of fluids in the body and remove waste products from blood. The symptoms of CKD appear in stages and in it severity state causes insomnia, body weakness, dry and itchy skin, loss of appetite, fluid retention leading to swelling of feet among others.

Chromic Kidney Disease is a disease that affects 80 percent of the United States population. Though it may seem to come suddenly, it can be prevented and treated by monitoring what you put into the body and how the body functions. Also, knowing the different stages of the disease can help you recognize what is happening to the body and how to help it to recover.

In the history of a chronic kidney disease patient, I found that both of his parents have passed away. While his mother and father did get a divorce after he graduated high school, their separation made them stronger, and better parents. My patient has two sisters, both older, the middle one with mental illnesses of schizophrenia and paranoia. This creates a dysfunctional communication pattern within the sibling structure, the middle sister is difficult to communicate with, due to the feeling of abandonment. He was never married, but 16 years ago, found out that he had a daughter with an old girlfriend. She is now 32 years old. Now, he also has a granddaughter. Due to his disability and lack of mobility, he is only able to keep in touch with them through the internet and phone.

The topic of my disease diary is Kidney Failure. In the following I will talk about the characteristic of the failure, the causes and symptoms, what happens chemically, the treatment of the disorder and how the relationship to other body systems is.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10% of the adult population and this number is trending upward due to increasing prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity (Lopez-Vargas et al., 2013). Individuals with CKD are required to invest immense time and effort into managing their health such as, attending appointments, modifying their diet, and managing their medications. This can have a great impact on all aspects of people 's lives physically / mentally / socially. This essay will analyse the issues related to these concepts. People with CKD have a vast range of needs, such as emotional support, continuing education, dialysis, as well as traditional basic care . Due to the complexity of this environment, it is the responsibility of

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an irreversible condition that progresses causing kidney dysfunction and then to kidney failure. It is classified by a GFR of <60mL/min for longer than 3 months. There are five stages of CKD: Stage 1 has kidney damage but has a GFR ≥ 90. Stage 2 has mild damage and a GFR of 60-89. Stage 3 has moderate damage and a GFR of 30-59. Stage 4 has severe damage and a GFR of 15-29. Stage 5 is also known as end stage renal disease (ESRD), this is kidney failure with a GFR of ≤ 15 and theses patients are typically on dialysis or in need of an immediate transplant. The leading cause of CKD is diabetes. Hypertension is also a major cause. Since most DM patients have HTN,

Kidney failure is a public health problem, which has dramatic effects on patients' health. In some