Of Renal Artery Aneurysm - Articles
Should we put stents in renal (kidney) arteries?
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Heartstrong
... s get narrowed people can develop high blood pressure and kidney failure. I actually worked in an angiography lab for years where we performed balloon and stent procedures on renal arteries and had very good results. But does opening up the kidney blood vessels translate into health benefits? What do research studies say about renal artery procedur ...
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Renal
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Emily
... told us that the kidney is the "smartest organ in the body" (still not sure about that). The nephrologists are definitely some of the smartest docs around so take advantage. Renal DownloadsRenal Charts and Algorithms (cost $5) - A 14 pg. study aid including Ion Transport Diagrams: convoluted tubules (proximal & distal), thick ascending limb, cort ...
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Arteries
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Blake H.
... he medical truism ‘You’re only as healthy as your arteries’ used to be what every practitioner of geriatrics advised senior citizens. Since the recent findings that coronary artery disease is occuring at a younger and younger age, this advice has also become a favorite of pediatricians. Studies reveal that over 70 percent of twelve-year-olds alre ...
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Arterial buttonhole
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Kamal S.
I have been using two pairs of buttonhole sites for the last couple of months. The venous sites are always well-behaved. Not much pain. The tracts are well formed. The needles goes in smoothly. The arterial fellows are usually badly behaved. They give me trouble every night. Almost. I don't know what the problem is, really. The needles do go in for ...
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Aneurysm - The Silent Killer
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Diana Y.
An aneurysm is a bulging out of part of the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms occur in several different forms. Saccular aneurysms protrude from the wall of the artery, like a berry. They may occur singly or in groups. Risk factors for saccular aneurysms include high blood pressure (hypertension), cigarette smoking and various disease ...
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Arterial buttonhole pain
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Kamal S.
My arterial site is paining again. The pain around the buttonhole was paining almost the whole of yesterday. I was tempted to change the site last night but decided to try it one last time. It was all right to start with. But a few hours into dialysis the pain was quite bad. I could not sleep properly. The pain was a sharp stinging kind of pain. I ...
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Arterial pain back
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Kamal S.
For the last week or so, my arterial sites have been paining. I have been using a local anesthetic before cannulation. So, the cannulation is all right. However, a few hours into dialysis, the arterial sites have started paining. I am unable to sleep properly too. Last night, around 3 a.m. the pain had become quite severe. I tried pulling on. I was ...
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Clot near arterial site
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Kamal S.
This time its my arterial site! This Sunday, I had bad pain just next to my arterial cannulation site. Now I often have pain after my dialysis session for a little while. But that pain gradually disappears. But this Sunday's post dialysis pain was different. It stayed on and stung like hell. It did not go till Monday evening too and I was really ...
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Pus from arterial buttonhole
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Kamal S.
(Posted on Home Dialysis Central Forums) I'm doing nocturnal home hemo. I had some pain next to my arterial buttonhole after I came off my session on Sunday morning. I dialysed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night and the pain was still there but was reducing. Yesterday night (Thursday night) when I removed the scab over the site, a little pus ...
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