Urine For a Fun Time

Nephritis

urethritis

cystoscope

Intravenous pyelogram

HPB and nephritis

Renal carcinoma

Kidney disease on the rise; why?

• Most important blood tests for kidney function; creatinine clearance and blood urea nitrogen (CC and BUN)

Hypertension and renal disease

As DM rises, so does kidney failure

Proteinuria: first sign of kidney disease

Hemodialysis buys time

A plan for preventing renal disease

• Diet; avoid high sugar, high fat diets leading to type II Diabetes

• Control your blood pressure by weight control, stress control, salt control

• Avoid ethanol!

• More fruits/vegetables, less red meats

Gout• Runs in the men of a family, sex linked to Y

chromosome• Men over 50 y.o.• Sudden severe attack of pain in a bunion joint

of the big toe of one foot (uric acid crystals precipitating out of the blood)

• High uric acid levels in blood due to victim’s inability to digest purine proteins like: beans, red meat, organ meats, real cheese.Gout victims must avoid these foods, not get dehydrated and take meds