Case Study Of Kidneys

The Kidneys are two organs located in the back of the abdomen. The kidneys main function is to regulate blood pressure, produce red blood cell, balance electrolytes, filter the blood, and produce urine which is drained in the ureters to the bladder. According to the national institute of diabeties and digestive and kidney disease (2014), the kidneys are a pair of organs shaped like a bean with a size of a fist. These organs are located below the rib cage, one on each side of the spine. The two kidney filters about 120 to 150 quarts of blood every day in order to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine which contain wastes and extra fluids. Once the kidneys lose their function, they progress to a chronic Kidney disease which is a slow, progressive, and irreversible deterioration of the renal function. The kidneys become unable to eliminate waste product from the body and maintain a normal electrolytes level and body fluid. As a result, the patient ends up with end stage renal disease requiring some type of renal replacements therapy or kidney transplant to sustain life. Diabetic and hypertension and the most leading cause of chronic kidney disease.

The kidneys usually learn how to adapt and they increase their remaining tissues performance when some

For patients with chronic kidney disease, they are unable to remove excess potassium from the blood which can cause irregular heartbeat, weakness, and heart failure. These patients need to stay away from slat substitute which contain potassium. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (2013), CKD patients can eat white rice, white bread and pasta, cooked rice, and rice mil instead of brown rice, whole wheat bread and pasta, bran cereal, and cow milk. In addition, banana, cantaloupe, oranges, spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, and avocadoes contain a very high amount of