{"id":13108,"date":"2016-12-05T12:24:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=13108"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:24:20","slug":"disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/kidney-donation\/the-kidneys\/disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many causes of kidney disease, which represents a growing health-care problem in Canada.\u00a0The two main causes of kidney disease in Canada are <strong>diabetes<\/strong> and <strong>high blood pressure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Other common causes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>vascular disease which is a hardening of the arteries<\/li>\n<li>glomerulonephritis, the inflammation of the kidney filtering units<\/li>\n<li>polycystic kidney disease (cysts in the kidney)<\/li>\n<li>drug-induced kidney failure<\/li>\n<li>pyelonephritis which is an infection in the kidney<\/li>\n<li>blockage of the flow of urine , also called a urinary tract obstruction<\/li>\n<li>other rare genetic diseases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stages of Kidney Disease<\/h2>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">Each data cell<\/p>\n<table class=\"table text-left\" title=\"Stages of Kidney Disease\">\n<caption class=\"hidecontent\">Stages of Kidney Disease<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #d6e0ec;\">\n<th style=\"width: 97px;\" scope=\"col\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 96px;\" scope=\"col\">Stage 1<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 108px;\" scope=\"col\">Stage 2<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 114px;\" scope=\"col\">Stage 3<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 126px;\" scope=\"col\">Stage 4<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 124px;\" scope=\"col\">Stage 5 (end stage)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 97px;\"><strong>Kidney<br \/>\nFunction<\/strong><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\">&gt;90%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px;\">60-89%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 114px;\">30-59%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 126px;\">15-30%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 124px;\">&lt; 15 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 97px;\"><strong>Symptoms<\/strong><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\">none<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px;\">none<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 114px;\">Fatigue<br \/>\nPoor appetite<br \/>\nMild anemia<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 126px;\">Increased fatigue Nausea<br \/>\nAnemia<br \/>\nItchy skin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 124px;\">Poor sleep<br \/>\nShortness of breath<br \/>\nVomiting<br \/>\nItchy skin<br \/>\nLeg cramps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 97px;\"><strong>Treatment<\/strong><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\">Identify cause, try to reverse it or minimize kidney damage<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px;\">Monitor creatinine, blood pressure, blood sugar<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 114px;\">Teach patient about disease and treatment options<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 126px;\">Plan &amp; create access for dialysis &amp;\/or start workup for transplant<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 124px;\">Start renal replacement therapy-dialysis transplantation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Kidney Failure <\/strong>is when the kidney can no longer filter blood properly, and toxic waste products and fluid build up in the blood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many causes of kidney disease, which represents a growing health-care problem in Canada.\u00a0The two main causes of kidney disease in Canada are diabetes and high blood pressure. Other common causes include: vascular disease which is a hardening of the arteries glomerulonephritis, the inflammation of the kidney filtering units polycystic kidney disease (cysts in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":13097,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13108\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}