Furosemide

Furosemide, drug used to help the body remove excess fluid by increasing urine flow, also known as a diuretic. This is useful in the treatment of high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, and liver disease. It reduces water and salt in the body, relieving pressure on the circulatory system and various organs.

Furosemide must be prescribed by a doctor. Available in tablet and liquid form, it is usually taken twice a day in dosages starting at 20 to 80 mg. This is increased as needed to a maximum daily dosage of 600 mg. The drug may be taken with food to minimize stomach irritation.

Effectiveness is usually apparent after two to three weeks, although long-term treatment (months to years) is not uncommon with this drug. Potassium supplements or a potassium-rich diet is needed in some patients to prevent excess potassium loss.

Patients with liver or kidney disease, diabetes, gout, lupus erythematosus, or an allergy to sulfa drugs should use furosemide with caution. Its safety for use during pregnancy is not known, but it does appear in breast milk.

Children may take this drug, with dosage based on body weight.
Possible side effects may include constipation, diarrhea, nausea, headache, fever, dizziness, excessive thirst, skin rash, hives, impotence, ringing in the ears, light-sensitivity, or blurred vision. Furosemide may interact adversely with aspirin, barbiturates, narcotics, and other muscle-relaxing drugs.

Help packages for the kidney donors

Compensation of Lost Wages
Kidney problem is one of the most common issue at this time here in the Philippines. Some people donates their kidney, some people force themselves to sold their kidney, past and easy money they can get with the help of a sales agent. Most of them think that human can live normally with just one kidney,

Promoting Kidney donation is one of the solution to achieve the goal of many Foundation. giving help to the family of kidney donors is a big help, for the donor itself, most for the family, instead of selling their organs without knowledge of what will happened next after the kidney transplantation. (exploitation of human kidney trafficking)

Help packages for the donors and for the family will create a good reason to stop but not all, say lessen the the human organ trafficking. Compensation of lost wages from the donors will be given to the family, assistance needed by the donors like , medicine and other maintenance needs. good for the required time table both parties agreed upon.

URINE-EXCRETED BY THE KIDNEYS

The amount of urine excreted by the kidneys is affected by certain physiological conditions, especially by the amount of fluids taken into the system, and certain foods and drugs which stimulates kidney activity. it is also affected by certain systemic conditions or diseases, such as :

• diabetes,


• high blood pressure,


• and a certain form of Bright's disease.

Lowering of external temperature causes the kidneys to secrete more urine due to the cessation of the sweat glands to excrete perspiration, and due to decreased loss of moisture from the lungs during breathing.

COMMON CAUSES

The most common causes of CKD are diabetic nephropathy, hypertension, and glomerulonephritis. Together, these cause approximately 75% of all adult cases. Certain geographic areas have a high incidence of HIV nephropathy.
1.) Vascular, includes large vessel disease such as bilateral renal artery stenosis and small vessel disease such as ischemic nephropathy, hemolytic-uremic syndrome and vasculitis

2.) Glomerular, comprising a diverse group and subclassified into

• a.) Primary Glomerular disease such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and IgA nephritis


• b.) Secondary Glomerular disease such as diabetic nephropathy and lupus nephritis
  

3.) Tubulointerstitial including polycystic kidney disease, drug and toxin-induced chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis and reflux nephropathy

• a.) Polycystic kidney disease (PKD, also known as polycystic kidney syndrome) is a progressive, ciliopathic, genetic disorder of the kidneys. It occurs in humans and other organisms. PKD is characterized by the presence of multiple cysts (hence, "polycystic") in both kidneys. The disease can also damage the liver, pancreas, and rarely, the heart and brain. The two major forms of polycystic kidney disease are distinguished by their patterns of inheritance.


• b.) Reflux nephropathy, RN is a term applied when small and scarred kidneys (chronic pyelonephritis, CPN) are associated with vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR). CPN being the commonest cause, there are other causes including analgesic nephropathy and obstructive injury. Scarring is essential in developing RN and occurs almost during the first five years of life. The end results of RN are hypertension, proteinuria, CRF and eventually ESRD, end stage renal disease.

4.) Obstructive such as with bilateral kidney stones and diseases of the prostate

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