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HIV – Patient Information For Dialysis Patients

What is HIV? HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus. It can lead to a disease that causes progressive damage to your body’s immune system, called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This disease increases your chances of getting serious infections which normal people can usually resist. The most common one is caused …

Hepatitis B – Patient Information For Dialysis/Transplant

Prevention (Renal), Renal

Introduction As a hemodialysis patient, you want to learn all you can about your treatment and what you can do to maintain your health at its best. One important area you should know about involves infectious diseases. These are diseases that happen when harmful germs get into your body and …

Rehabilitation Of Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease

Rehabilitation (Renal), Renal

Introduction End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a state when the kidneys do not function adequately, hence, there will be an accumulation of waste and toxic materials in the body. This leads to permanent damage to body tissues and organs. When the kidney function is less than 15% of normal capacity, …

Vesicoureteric Reflux (VUR)

Renal

What is VUR? VUR happens when urine that collects in the bladder flows back into the ureters and often into the kidneys. VUR occurs at a frequency of 1 in every 100 individuals. THE URINARY SYSTEM Both the ureters enter the bladder at a diagonal angle and have a …