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ESRD
End stage renal disease (ESRD, or sometimes called chronic kidney disease), describes any condition where there is a progressive loss of kidney function.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
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A 48-year old asked:
Can esrd be reversed?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is done to treat ESRD?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: ESRD?
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A 42-year old asked:
When does a person get esrd? Does end-stage mean he'll never recover from it?
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A 26-year old female asked:
What are the chances of having a second child born with esrd?
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A 39-year old asked:
Do patients with esrd need Foley catheters?
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A 20-year old female asked:
How to decrease the hepa b level of a esrd patient?
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A 32-year old asked:
What are some strategies to improve the nutrition of esrd patients?
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A 16-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms and causes of ESRD ? How can I prevent it and what should I avoid to prevent it ? Thank you !
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the difference between acute renal failure and ESRD?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the typical life expectancy of a 77 year old female with esrd on dialysis?
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A 46-year old asked:
How long can one live with out dialysis who is esrd and has CHF at the age of 46?
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A 68-year old male asked:
4 simple cysts in a solitary kidney unchange over 20 years. Creatinine fluctuates 1.3 to 1.6 over same time what are odds of esrd?
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A 42-year old male asked:
I am a ESRD patient with PD,and my boold presurre is unstable in the winter . If i take my rutine medine but my presurre is still 170/95 in the midnight , should I need to go to ER? Or just wait my next appointment?
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A female asked:
I have ESRD and I work. When I get off my legs are painful, swollen and shiny. What should I do.
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A 47-year old asked:
Can you please explain why a kidney transplant is a treatment and not a cure for esrd?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the life expectancy for 60 year old man esrd, end-stage liver disease, hypertension?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Is constipation usual for frail geriatric esrd patient on thrice weekly hd? She eats well, craves food even with cr 7.2. Passes lot of urine only once
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A 56-year old female asked:
What's the prognosis for frail geriatric esrd patient with 3-weekly hd, uncontrollable BP (> 180/100) and dm (fasting blood sugar >350)?
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A 39-year old male asked:
My creatinine is1.3 (idms)but i don't have high BP and diabetics.It seems that i'm in stage 2 of ckd.How long will it take to reach esrd?
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A 23-year old female asked about a 61-year old male:
How can I treat persistant asymptomatic ht myself? (200/100 for the past fortnight) without having to go to doc/hospital? High risk-iddm, mi, ht, esrd+pd
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A 43-year old female asked:
Esrd pt was just discharged from long hospital stay, receiving high dose dilaudid & Zofran (ondansetron) which were d/c'd abruptly. Now acute wd sx. Help w/ mgmt?
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A 38-year old asked:
What can someone with esrd do about the severe joint and muscle pain?
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A 39-year old male asked:
How can a patient with esrd be treated for low blood pressure without intravenous therapy in a prehospital setting?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Is it risky to take vitamin K while on warfarin? I think it may help my nerve pain deminish while I have shingles. I have esrd & dialyse i.E.(cumadin)
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A 53-year old female asked about a 56-year old male:
What is.The.Prognosis for a esrd patient with diabetes, and septic arthritis, pneumonia and went into cardiac arrest?
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A 23-year old female asked:
My father is in esrd due to hypertension he is on bicarbonat dialysis now a days he suffer from low blood pressure what could be the reason , remedy?
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A 49-year old female asked:
What birth control will be best for me that is easy, non-messy and affordable? I'm a 47yo female diagnosis with esrd and on dialysis since 2009. Have chronic hypertension, angina, and heart disease. What birth control will be best for me that is easy, n
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A 44-year old female asked:
Ma w lupus in hosp. A wk. Esrd, chf. Now low oxygen, low HRT func. Anemia delays angiogram. Yest surg fix bad fistula. No bld thinners now. How i help her avoid bld clots while waiting angio?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Kidney failure symptoms?
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