why is one kidney lower than the other?
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Because the liver pushes the right kidney down lower than the left....since the left kidney lies under the spleen and it is smaller than the liver.
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About one in every 1,500 babies is born with only one kidney. This is usually not due to a specific disease or illness but is simply a variation that occurs during fetal development. Having only one kidney usually causes no signs or symptoms. It may be discovered incidentally on an abdominal ultrasound done for some other reason.\n\nYou can lead a normal life with one healthy kidney. The single kidney is usually larger than is one of a pair of kidneys. Also, it typically functions more efficiently than does one of a pair of kidneys.\n\nSome important precautions to ensure the health of your single kidney include:\n\nTell any doctor that you consult with that you were born with only one kidney. \n\nDrink plenty of water to reduce the chance of kidney stones, which can damage your kidney. \n\nHope this helps
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As you know, ADH is responsible to maintain a constant level of water in blood. Hence, when the level of water in blood is low, ADH will be secreted so that absorption of water molecules from kidney tubules occurs. Thus, to come back to your question, it can be said that ADH secretion will definitely decrease but if the concentration of water in a person's blood is too high, then ADH secretion may stop for a short lapse of time.
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The kidneys remove urea and other toxic wastes from the blood, forming a dilute solution called urine in the process. The two kidneys have a very extensive blood supply and the whole blood supply passes through the kidneys every 5 minutes, ensuring that waste materials do not build up. The renal artery carries blood to the kidney, while the renal vein carries blood, now with far lower concentrations of urea and mineral ions, away from the kidney. The urine formed passes down the ureter to the bladder.\n\nThe liver converts ammonia to urea, which is excreted in urine by the kidneys.\n\nThe blood entering the liver from the portal vein, after being cleaned by the liver, flows into the inferior vena cava via the hepatic veins.\n\nJudging by this information i would say it is the Hepatic because it transfers the "stuff" from the liver to the inferior vena cava then it gets to the renal vein which as it says has less urea concentration.  With the liver that creates the urea, id say the obvious first vein it goes through is the right one.
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kidneys filter out the things our body doesn't need and sends the waste out as urine while sending the "good things", vitamins etc. to the rest of the body.
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the stomach is on his left side. Could possibly be ulcers.\n\nThe appendix and gallbladder are on the right side, and the kidney's are on the back side of your lower back.
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hey the are not nephrons they are neurons . neurons are a part of the kidney
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Gradual loss of your kidneys' ability to filter out the poisons that build up in your bloodstream, such as ammonia and other nitrous compounds.  ("Chronic" means long-term, gradual, as opposed to "acute" which is a sudden onset.)  \n\nThere are many ways that the kidneys can be damaged and/or lose their function, but the two most common causes are diabetes (your body doesn't produce enough insulin, which allows the cells in your body to intake sugar for energy) and hypertension (high blood pressure, which damages the vessels in your kidneys).  Also, some medications, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, can damage the kidneys in some patients, so doctors carefully monitor your renal function when you are on these drugs.\n\nIf the kidneys fail entirely, then the toxins in your blood have to be removed artifically by dialysis, using a "kidney machine" to clean up your blood.
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It may be muscular or it could be a kidney. If the pains are severe see a Doctor.
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Hey, are you talking about two "eyes" in the sides of the end of the foley tube that sits inside the bladder? If so, they're there to let the urine drain out more efficiently. If there was just the one big hole in the end of the tube that sits in the bladder, then "low-lying" urine would be too low to make it out of that hole.  That's why there are those two "eye" holes in the sides of the end of the tube.
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Hi, the way they explained it in my dad's case was that the excess calcuim was blocking up his kidneys.  The calcium comes from the bones as the cancer erodes them.  The kidneys can't handle too much, so dialysis may be required at some point.
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Sympstoms\n1.Changes in Urination\nKidneys make urine, so when the kidneys are failing, the urine may change. You may have to get up at night to urinate. Urine may be foamy or bubbly. You may urinate more often, or in greater amounts than usual, with pale urine. \nYou may urinate less often, or in smaller amounts than usual with dark colored urine. Your urine may contain blood. You may feel pressure or have difficulty urinating. \n\n2: Swelling\nFailing kidneys don't remove extra fluid, which builds up in your body causing swelling in the legs, ankles, feet, face, and/or hands.\n\n3: Fatigue\nHealthy kidneys make a hormone called erythropoietin (a-rith'-ro-po'-uh-tin) that tells your body to make oxygen-carrying red blood cells. As the kidneys fail, they make less erythropoietin. With fewer red blood cells to carry oxygen, your muscles and brain become tired very quickly. This condition is called anemia, and it can be treated.\n\n\nPrevention:\nKeep your blood pressure below 130/80. Learn to check your blood pressure at home. \nIf you have diabetes, keep your blood sugar as close to normal as possible. Your doctor will want you to check your blood sugar several times each day. \nMaintain a healthy weight. This can help you prevent other diseases, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. \nMaintain healthy levels of fats (lipids), such as cholesterol and triglycerides. \nDo not smoke or use other tobacco products. Smoking can lead to atherosclerosis, which reduces blood flow to the kidneys and increases blood pressure.
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What is kidney failure? \n\nThe function of the kidneys is, among other things, to get rid of the waste products that result from the body's metabolism. \n\nOne of the major by-products of the metabolism of protein (muscle) is urea. The kidneys remove the waste products by extracting them from the blood and sending them along the ureter to the bladder, from where they are excreted in the urine.\n\nIf the kidney function fails, the waste products accumulate in the blood and the body. The term for this build-up is azotaemia. \n\n \nTerm watch\n\nAzotaemia is the build up of waste products that accumulate in the blood and the body when the kidneys fail to function. \n \n \nVery mild levels of azotaemia may give little or no symptoms, but if the kidney failure continues then symptoms will start to appear. \n\nIf the kidney (or renal) failure is of sufficient degree to cause symptoms, it is called uraemia.\n\nWhat causes renal failure? \n\nRenal failure can happen rapidly - over days, weeks or months (acute renal failure) or slowly over a period of years (chronic renal failure).\n\n\nAcute renal failure\n\nThis may occur with any serious illness or operation, particularly those complicated by severe infection. If the blood supply to the kidneys is reduced considerably from blood loss, a fall in blood pressure, severe dehydration or lack of salt, then the kidneys may be damaged. If this problem lasts long enough there can be permanent damage to the kidney tissue.\n\nSudden blockage to the drainage of urine from the kidney can cause damage. A kidney stone is a possible cause of this. \n\nAcute kidney damage can occur as a rare side effect of some medications and other rare conditions. \n\n\nChronic renal failure\n\nThere are many causes of chronic renal failure, including inflammatory conditions affecting the kidney tissue, as a complication of long-standing diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes), chronic blockage to the drainage of the kidneys and as a result of certain inherited conditions such as polycystic kidney disease. Often, the cause has occurred many years earlier and cannot be identified.\n\n\nWhat are the symptoms?\n\n\nAcute renal failure\n\nHere the symptoms are largely those of the condition causing the kidney failure, such as:\n\n\nblood loss, causing a drop in blood pressure.\n\n\nvomiting and diarrhoea, causing dehydration.\n\n\ncrush injuries. If large amounts of muscle are damaged there is a release of toxic protein substances that are harmful to the kidneys.\n\n\nSudden blockage of urine drainage.\n\n\n\n\nChronic renal failure\n\nThe damage to the kidneys is usually 'silent' and not noticed at an early stage. It may be discovered incidentally from blood or urine tests done for other reasons. High blood pressure very commonly occurs with it. Symptoms are uncommon unless kidney failure is far advanced, when any of the following may be present:\n\n\ntiredness\n\n\nitching\n\n\nloss of appetite\n\n\nnausea and vomiting\n\n\nbreathlessness \n\n\nfluid retention, shown as ankle swelling (oedema)\n\n\nweakness.\n\n\n\n\nHow is renal failure treated? \n\n\nAcute renal failure \n\nMost causes of acute renal failure can be treated and the kidney function will return to normal with time. Replacement of the kidney function by dialysis (artificial kidney) may be necessary until kidney function has returned.\n\n\nChronic renal failure\n\nChronic kidney damage is usually not reversible and if extensive, the kidneys may eventually fail completely. Dialysis or kidney transplantation will then become necessary.\n\nChronic kidney failure is a serious condition which needs urgent attention when it is diagnosed, but the kidney damage is usually 'silent' and not noticed at an early stage.\n\nOccasionally it may be possible to identify and treat the cause of the renal failure itself. More commonly the treatment has to be non-specific. In all cases, careful blood pressure control is extremely important in slowing the pr
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do u mean liver cirrhosis? if the liver is damaged it doesnt work properly so substances that are usually removed by the liver pass into the blood stream....the kidney then has to filter these extra substances and can get damaged by excesses, much of which comes out in the urine.  also in severe liver failure the kidneys will become affected and in turn they will fail too
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somethng to do with the tubules of your kidneys, but not sure what else
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Kidney infections are caused by different factors. Untreated UTIs can lead to kidney infection too. Untreated glomerulonephritis and sore throat brought by streptococcus bacterias can also lead to renal infection (check the pathophysiology of kidney diseases),  and long standing kidney stones also caused infection of the kidneys.. It also developed as a secondary illness to people suffering from diabetes mellitus or chronic hypertension.
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Pretty much the same as of a person with both kidneys.  About one in 750 people is born with one kidney only. \nYour body needs only one kidney to function, the second one is not necessary for survival. \nYou will want to protect the kidney you have, so decrease your risk for injury by not playing certain heavy contact sports (boxing, field hockey, football, ice hockey, Lacrosse, martial arts, rodeo, soccer and wrestling). \nYou want to be careful about a few things: \nYou have a slightly higer risk to develop high blood pressure, so that needs to be checked. \nUrinalysis (urine test) also should be done yearly, and kidney function should be checked every few years. \n\nJust to put things into perspective: American life insurance companies don't alter life insurance premiums for donors who've given one kidney. And secondly, they calculate the risks of dying as a result of having one kidney, as about the equivalent of driving 8000 miles a year on American roads.\nI hope this helps ab it.