part 3

Question 1

What is renal insufficiency?

Answer 1

Renal insufficiency is when the kidney cannot function due to damage of their nephrons

Question 2

What are the causes of Renal insufficiency?

Answer 2

Kidney infection
High blood pressure
Diabetes mellitus
Trauma ( damage to kidneys from accidents (car crash))
Poisoning
Atherosclerosis
blockage of tubules

Question 3

What is kidney dialysis?

Answer 3

Kidney dialysis is a temporary solution to individuals who are waiting on a new kidney. It passes blood to semi permeable membranes

Question 4

When a person gets a new kidney, a disadvantage would be..

Answer 4

When a person receives a new kidney, the immune system may respond to that donor kidney as a foreign invader.

Some individuals take pills that cause the immune system to not act until body recognize it as their own. But some may need to take these pills for the rest of their life.

Question 5

What is diabetes mellitus?

Answer 5

Diabetes mellitus is when inadequate secretion of insulin from islet cells in the pancreas

Question 6

Diabetes mellitus causes insulin to remain in islet cells, without insulin..

Answer 6

There would be a high concentration of blood sugar

Question 7

Diabetes mellitus draws water to the nephron leading to urine with..

Answer 7

large volume of water and sugars. People who secrete large volume of urine are usually thirsty all the time

Question 8

Treatments for diabetes mellitus?

Answer 8

insulin injections

Question 9

What is diabetes insipidus?

Answer 9

Diabetes insipidus is when there is a destruction of ADH production. This is caused by
Autoimmune disorders
certain drugs
viruses
infections

CAN BE GENETIC

Question 10

Diabetes insipidus causes large amount of..

Answer 10

urine to be excreted. Patients are constantly thirsty

Question 11

Treatments for diabetes insipidus?

Answer 11

synthetic ADH

Question 12

What is nephritis?

Answer 12

Nephritis is when there is an inflammation of the nephrons caused by viruses, infections, or autoimmune diseases

Question 13

Nephritis causes damage to and reduce blood pressure in glomerulus. With the glomerulus damaged what can go through that shouldn’t?

Answer 13

Large protein can pass through the filtration into nephrons and drawing in excess volumes of water, increase the amount of urine excreted.

With the glomerulus being damaged, blood cells can pass through which causes urine to be red (bad thing)

Question 14

How are kidney stones formed?

Answer 14

Kidney stones form from minerals in blood

Question 15

What are kidney stones?

Answer 15

Kidney stones are sharp sided stones that can lodge into the renal pelvis. They can be excreted out through the pathways urine takes

Question 16

When kidney stones are excreted out our body, what does it do negatively to us?

Answer 16

The excretion of kidney stones can cause tissues to torn as the stone moves towards the bladder causing extreme pain

Question 17

What are the treatments for kidney stones?

Answer 17

treatments for kidney stones can be an ultrasound that breaks up the stone through waves. This allows the stone to be excreted out the body more easily