How does Fabry Disease Affect Kidneys?
Though Fabry disease is a rare disease, its effects on alpha galactosidase in the body can lead to the failure of kidneys…
What are the Symptoms of Kidney Failure?
Though the main function of your kidney is to remove waste products from your blood, the ancillary effects of this particular function…
Hepatitis C and Hemodialysis
During hemodialysis, the body remains at high risk of getting infected by the hepatitis C virus. HCV infection during the condition of…
What is Kidney Biopsy? Why do you need a kidney biopsy?
The biopsy is a procedure of examining a sample tissue taken out of the body. Kidney biopsy, as the name suggests, is…
How safe is Kidney Donation?
Without intervening with the simplicity this subject of discussion demands; we will try to break the question of whether kidney donation is…
Know About Blood Pressure
The best way to articulate an idea for oneself is to break down the idea into series of questions. That is what…
Lithotripsy For Kidney Stones
As ‘breaking’ and ‘stones’ are the meanings of the two Latin syllables of the word ‘Lithotripsy’, one can easily deduce from the…
5 Things to Know About Kidney Transplant
Every year, around 1.8 lakh persons suffer from kidney failure in India, but the number of kidney transplants done is only around…
What are the Differences between Urologist and Nephrologist?
The foremost prerequisite in every treatment of any disease is the correct diagnosis of the disease. That being established, the requirement for…
Importance of Hepatitis B Vaccination for CKD Patients
In the growing rate of biohazard lately, the necessity of awareness regarding diseases has been increasing inevitably. One of the methods of…