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An elderly female patient has a history of osteoporosis, chronic type II…
An elderly female patient has a history of osteoporosis, chronic type II diabetes mellitus, and high blood
pressure.
Background information
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Urine formation
Tubular reabsorption
Movement by diffusion, osmosis and active transport
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Hypertension
It can increase the risk of heart diseases, stroke and death
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Downstream effects
Hypertension can cause kidney arteries to become narrow, weaken or hard and damaged arteries do not deliver enough blood to kidney tissues and also increase the risk of diabetes
DM II injure the blood vessels in kidney and kidney fails to clean body properly and will let body retain more water and salt
Osteoporosis disturbs the kidney function and imbalance mineral levels in body and can also have an affect on hypertension because of the calcium loss
Urinary tract infection is most likely to be causing the blood in urine since kidneys are not functioning properly and cleaning the body
If the patient remains untreated she can suffer from severe fracture, heart diseases, kidney damage and dialysis
Upstream causes
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Hypertension
The nephrons in the kidney are supplied with a dense network of blood vessels and high volume of blood flows through them