Live Webinar on Chronic Kidney Disease: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis with Dr Alan Almeida

On 31 August, 2024, #Health Live@Seniors Today hosted Senior Nephrologist, Dr Alan Almeida. He spoke on and answered questions about #Chronic Kidney Disease: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis.
Dr #Alan Almeida is the Section Head - Nephrology and Consultant - Nephrologist and Transplant Physician at the P D #Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, in Khar, Mumbai.
Dr Alan Almeida has done his MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), MNAMS (Nephrology), Post - Doctoral Fellow of the University of Missouri, Columbia (USA) Fellow, Indian Society of #Nephrology.
The #kidneys play a role in:
Removing excess toxins and water from our body
It maintains a balance between all the acids and bases and the electrolytes (eg- sodium, potassium, chloride, etc.) present in our body
It helps in maintaining the blood pressure
It helps in the formation of #haemoglobin by giving colour to our blood with the help of a factor called the erythropoietin
The kidneys contribute to our bone health
Eliminating drugs and and its metabolites
Chronic kidney disease is a situation in which the kidneys have failed.
Occasionally it can also present in individuals who have had an acute kidney illness in the past from which the individual recovered completely but has now developed chronic kidney disease.
It can also be a stuttering progress towards kidney failure, this can be seen in patients with renal stones, recurrent urinary infections, inflammation/ swelling of the filters of the kidney which is referred to as the glomerular disease/ #glomerulonephritis.
It can, in some cases, also present as a sudden recognition of a failed kidney