“Is dialysis painful, doctor?” — this is the one question that most patients and their families are apprehensive about before initiating on dialysis. The usual assumption is that dialysis is a very painful procedure. In this post, I will try to answer this question of pain and dialysis as comprehensively as possible. But before that …
“Doctor when should I worry about creatinine levels?” – seeing patients in our dialysis center in Bangalore makes it one of the commonest questions that I am asked. Like to most questions in life the most correct answer is “it depends.” But since that answer is unlikely to be of much help in real life …
This is a common situation that I as a nephrologist face. An apparently healthy person who recently underwent an “executive” health check-up and was found to have “bilateral renal parenchymal disease- grade1” on the ultrasound scan. Everything else is perfectly normal. The only problem is that the “apparently” healthy person is now extremely anxious with …
Urology and Nephrology both deal with the study of the urinary tract and its diseases. So when you are told to have a “kidney problem”, you may become confused about which specialist to consult. At Dharma Kidney Care, where we provide nephrology services in Bangalore, we routinely get a lot of inquiries from patients who actually need to see a urologist. This article aims to answer a very simple question you may have in such a situation….
Kidneys are the human organs on either side of the spine, below the ribs. Chronic kidney failure prevents them from performing most of its important functions such as filtering the waste from the blood and expelling it through urine, keeping the electrolytes at normal range, modulating the blood pressure, contributing strength to the bones and …
Vaccination in adults is almost always neglected in India. This needs to change Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual’s immune system to develop immunity to a disease causing germ. While the importance of vaccination in children is well understood, vaccination in adults is almost always neglected. This results …
About the author Dr.Prashant C Dheerendra is the founder and Medical Director of Dharma Kidney Care. He qualified in kidney care (“Nephrology”) from the prestigious Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarh and is also one of the few fellows of the International Society of Nephrology from india. Dialysis in Bangalore : Introducing high flux dialysis and its benefits …
Diabetics are at very high risk for chronic kidney disease. Diabetic kidney disease is the cause of kidney failure in one third of people on dialysis. 30-40 % of diabetics will develop some form of kidney disease over time.The kidney education section of this website has some information on chronic kidney disease and this page …
The kidney is extremely important for removing waste products and excess fluid from your body. This excess fluid and waste products are removed from your body in the form of urine. The kidneys are responsible for handling the production of urine. The kidneys follow a complex process of excretion and reabsorption for the production of …
The status of Chronic Kidney Disease in India So how is it to live with chronic kidney failure in India? As with most things Indian there is no single answer but many possible ones. But on the whole, one would have to say that the quality of life for people with kidney failure leaves a …