THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE BLADDER..

The sensitiveness of the bladder is increased by a certain local conditions and by certain nervous or reflex causes, chiefly a cystitis or inflammation of the bladder, stones in the bladder, an inflammation of the seminal vesicles, ulcer near the neck of the bladder, or increased amount of phosphates in the urine resulting from a faulty diet; also in case of neurasthenia when the condition of the nervous system is below normal, especially due to worry, excitement, or nervous strain of any kind, bladder sensitiveness seems increased.

The treatment of frequent urination depends to a great extent on the cause of the condition in each particular case. By careful microscopic and chemical examination of the urine it is possible to discover such causes as diabetes, nephritis, cystitis, and, in some cases, stones in the bladder, or ulcer of the bladder. the treatment in such cases is the removal of the cause.

If the urine is found to be entirely normal it is advisable first to restrict the amount of fluids taken into the system. for example, if the person gets up frequently at night to void the urine, he should not drink liquids before retiring, nor drink any water after six o'clock in the evening. the amount of coffee and tea used should be curtailed at the same time, or entirely discontinued. If necessary, the amount of other fluids should be restricted during the day as well as in the evening.

KIDNEYS AND THE HUMAN BODIES

Each human being is made up of billions of cells working 24 hours a day., producing toxic wastes which circualte through the blood. Causing it to become somewhat polluted. It would take very little time for the accumulation of these wastes to intoxicate the human body and death by poisoning could result. Fortunately, the kidneys are there to filter the blood-they remove toxins from the blood, eliminating them from the body in the form of urine. withoutkidneys, one would not survive the inevitable "blood pollution"

when kidneys stop functioning:

Various diseases can attact our kidneys, reduce their effectiveness and renal insufficiency would result. As the kidneys lose their filtering ability, the toxic waste accumilate in the blood and eventually when their lavel becomes sufficiently elevated, symptomps such as fatigue, lost of appetite and nausea appear. Ultimately, uremia, which is the accumulation of one of these wastes in the blood (urea), could kill.

• Preventing kidney failure
  It might take a while for symptomps to appear, that is when ore than 75% of the kidneys have ceased functioning. with the help of blood and urine test, kidneys failure may be detected before the appearance of symptomps. It is therefore possible to find the cause of renal insufficiency, perhaps correct it and threby save the kidneys. However, even if a cure i not possible, treatment can always be undertaken to minimize the progression of renal insufficiency. Diabetes and hypertension are the two major causes of renalinsufficiency which can be prevented by controlling these two problems with a proper diet and when neede, the appropriate medication.
• Treating Kidney failure
  Medical research has resulted in the discovery of techniques which can cleanse the blood of these toxins when the kidneys have completely ceased functioning, dialysis under the form of hemodialysis or peritonal dialysis. Thanks to this techniques, iremia does not kill anymore. However, the most satisfying solution still remains kidney transplants. unfortunately, the number of donors is not by any means sufficient to meet the even increasing need for kidneys.
  

THE WARNING SIGNS

Unfortunately kidney disease usually progresses very silently, often destroying most of the kidney function before causing any symptomps, Therefore, people at high risk of developing kidney disease should be evaluated regularly.

These people include:

• People with diabetes
• People with High blood pressure
• close relatives of people with hereditary kidney disease.