Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Kidney Disease - Coggle Diagram
Kidney Disease
Causes
High Blood
Pressure Diabetes
High Cholesterol
Kidney infections
Glomerulonephritis (Kidney Inflammation)
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Kidney Stones
Enlarged Prostate
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Life Style Changes
Many people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are able to live long lives without being unduly affected by the condition.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
swollen ankles, feet or hands – as a result of water retention (oedema)
-
Who gets it?
It's a common condition often associated with getting older. It can affect anyone, but it's more common in people who are black or of south Asian origin.
Dietary Changes
-
meals that include starchy foods, such as potatoes, wholegrain bread, rice or pasta
-
some beans or pulses, fish, eggs, or meat as a source of protein
low levels of saturated fat, salt and sugar
Treatments
There's no medicine specifically for CKD, but medicine can help control many of the problems that cause the condition and the complications that can happen as a result of it.
You may need to take medicine to treat or prevent the different problems caused by CKD.
-
-