Category: Kidney disease
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High red blood cell count
Pathophysiology of High red blood cell count. Before understanding effect of High Red Blood Cell Count let’s See what is Normal Range of RBC. The Normal range of red blood cells in our body for male is 4.3 to 5.5 million per micro liter (µL) and for females it is 3.9 to 5.10 million red…
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Erythropoietin
Why patient affected with chronic kidney disease get anemia? Which medicines and diseases conditions are responsible for lower or no erythropoietin (EPO) secretion? Kidney Renal cortex peritubular cells also secrete erythropoietin a hormone which is responsible for production of red blood cells and in tern hemoglobin. Blood formation does not occur in patients with kidney…
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Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes: What is type 1 Diabetes? The food we eat is converted in to glucose and absorbed in to the blood, high concentration of glucose or sugar damages the lining of the blood vessels, increase blood pressure and increase load on kideny. Insulin is a hormone required for glucose mobilization from blood to…
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US FDA approves New Drug for Anemia due to chronic kidney disease
US FDA approves new drug Jesduvroq tablets which contain daprodustat for treatment of Anemia in Kidney disease patients on dialysis. First Orally taken drug approved for treatment of Anemia due to chronic kidney disease who is on dialysis for the past 4 months. There are medicines available for treatment of anemia caused by kidney disease…
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