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Assessment and treatment of movement problems, largely through exercise and education. Key takeaways Direct access: all states allow some evaluation o...
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Long-term reduction in kidney function, graded by filtration rate and protein leak. It is common, usually symptomless until advanced, and most of its...
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Long-term reduction in kidney function, graded by filtration rate and protein leak. Key takeaways Measured by: eGFR and urine albumin-to-creatinine ra...
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Hard deposits forming in the urinary tract, causing severe cramping pain when they move. Recurrence is common and largely preventable, and fluid intak...
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Hard deposits forming in the urinary tract, causing severe cramping pain when they move. Key takeaways Typical pain: severe, coming in waves, from fla...
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Infection reaching the kidney, usually spreading upward from the bladder. It is considerably more serious than a bladder infection and can cause sepsi...
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Infection reaching the kidney, usually spreading upward from the bladder. Key takeaways Typical symptoms: fever, chills, back or flank pain, feeling v...
Continue Reading : Your Questions About Kidney Infection, Answered How common medicines affect kidney function, and which may need pausing when unwell. Much avoidable acute kidney injury in the community involves ordi...
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How common medicines affect kidney function, and which may need pausing when unwell. Key takeaways Risky combination: NSAID plus ACE inhibitor or ARB...
Continue Reading : Your Questions About Medicines and the Kidneys, Answered Visible or microscopic blood in the urine, known as hematuria. It has many harmless causes and is also one of the clearest warning signs of bladder an...
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Visible or microscopic blood in the urine, known as hematuria. Key takeaways Visible hematuria: always needs evaluation Microscopic hematuria: found o...
Continue Reading : Your Questions About Blood in Urine, Answered How much to drink for kidney health, and when more is not better. Adequate fluid helps prevent stones and infection, while people with advanced kidney...
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How much to drink for kidney health, and when more is not better. Key takeaways General guidance: no single daily target; needs vary with heat, activi...
Continue Reading : A Q and A on Fluid and Kidney Health Kidney damage caused by long-standing high blood glucose, called diabetic kidney disease. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure in the US, a...
Continue Reading : The Diabetes and the Kidneys Checklist: What to Do and What to Skip Kidney damage caused by long-standing high blood glucose, called diabetic kidney disease. Key takeaways Earliest marker: raised urine albumin-to-creat...
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