What would happen to the organism if the kidney is injured or diseased?

When your kidneys are damaged, waste products and fluid can build up in your body. That can cause swelling in your ankles, nausea, weakness, poor sleep, and shortness of breath. Without treatment, the damage can get worse and your kidneys may eventually stop working. That's serious, and it can be life-threatening.

1. What happens if the kidney is not working properly?
2. What is the most common cause of diseased kidneys?
3. What are kidney injuries?
4. How do most kidney damaging diseases affect the kidneys?
5. What is the cause of kidney infection?
6. What are 3 common causes of chronic kidney disease?
7. What happens if you get hit in the kidney?
8. Why does your kidney hurt?
9. How an injury to the head could affect kidney function?
10. What function does the kidney do?
11. What is the role of kidney in our body?

What happens if the kidney is not working properly?

Acute kidney failure occurs when your kidneys suddenly become unable to filter waste products from your blood. When your kidneys lose their filtering ability, dangerous levels of wastes may accumulate, and your blood's chemical makeup may get out of balance.

What is the most common cause of diseased kidneys?

Diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

What are kidney injuries?

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is where your kidneys suddenly stop working properly. It can range from minor loss of kidney function to complete kidney failure. AKI normally happens as a complication of another serious illness. It's not the result of a physical blow to the kidneys, as the name might suggest.

How do most kidney damaging diseases affect the kidneys?

When your kidneys are damaged, waste products and fluid can build up in your body. That can cause swelling in your ankles, nausea, weakness, poor sleep, and shortness of breath. Without treatment, the damage can get worse and your kidneys may eventually stop working. That's serious, and it can be life-threatening.

What is the cause of kidney infection?

Bacteria that enter your urinary tract through the tube that carries urine from your body (urethra) can multiply and travel to your kidneys. This is the most common cause of kidney infections. Bacteria from an infection elsewhere in your body also can spread through your bloodstream to your kidneys.

What are 3 common causes of chronic kidney disease?

Chronic kidney disease may be caused by diabetes, high blood pressure and other disorders. Early detection and treatment can often keep chronic kidney disease from getting worse. When kidney disease progresses, it may eventually lead to kidney failure, which requires dialysis or a kidney transplant to maintain life.

What happens if you get hit in the kidney?

A kidney contusion, often called a kidney bruise, occurs following blunt trauma or direct impact to the lower back. This trauma leads to bleeding inside of the kidney. It may also cause pain, tenderness, and discoloration of the skin.

Why does your kidney hurt?

Kidney pain is felt in the sides or back. It is often mistaken for back pain. Kidney pain can be caused by kidney stones, urinary tract infection, kidney infection, an injury or kidney cancer.

How an injury to the head could affect kidney function?

Brain injury can affect the kidneys via increased sympathetic tone, catecholamine re- lease, and a hypertensive state after brain trauma. Recent clinical research has shown a link between brain injury and renal function.

What function does the kidney do?

Your kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body. Your kidneys also remove acid that is produced by the cells of your body and maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals—such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium—in your blood.

What is the role of kidney in our body?

The kidneys' job is to filter your blood. They remove wastes, control the body's fluid balance, and keep the right levels of electrolytes. All of the blood in your body passes through them about 40 times a day. Blood comes into the kidney, waste gets removed, and salt, water, and minerals are adjusted, if needed.