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Over time, diabetes can cause kidney problems, they stop working properly and make it necessary that the person needs to follow a kidney replacement therapy, which may include up to dialysis or organ transplant. In this article we tell you more details on this topic, so you can make informed decisions.

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes one must be aware of how important it is to control the disease. If this is not achieved, it is possible that over time this condition affect other organs such as eyes, heart, nerves and kidneys. Regarding the latter, it is important to know that diabetes is the leading cause of what is known as chronic renal failure: estimated to be responsible for 45 percent of cases of kidney failure. Imagine the impact it causes, because in the world has about 171 million people with diabetes! Read the rest of this entry »

Follow-up

Before leaving the hospital, the doctor will prescribe various drugs to prevent infection and reduce the risk of your body from rejecting transplanted organs. Also scheduled visits. If you have questions, concerns or unexpected symptoms after receiving the transplant, contact the surgical team at any time of day.

Risks

Approximately 64 percent of transplant patients receiving combined heart and lung survive for 3 years after surgery. In the first two weeks after receiving the transplant, some patients experience an episode of rejection of the transplanted organ. This does not happen often and can be treated with steroid-based drugs. Read the rest of this entry »

A tube is inserted intravenous (IV) in an arm vein to send fluids and medications and placed under general anesthesia. The doctor controls the heart and lungs from the donor to confirm that you are healthy and are suitable for transplantation. Then make a clamshell incision in the chest. It uses a machine to pump blood during surgery. The team of surgeons removed the heart and damaged lungs. The heart and the donor lungs are located in the chest and tied with sutures in the right place.

New lungs are inflated smoothly. The new heart and lungs have been kept cold before transplantation. As the new heart takes room temperature, you can start beating on its own. Read the rest of this entry »

Must meet certain requirements to enter a program of heart and lung transplantation. Although requirements vary, the candidate for a transplant usually coincides with the following description:

- 55 or less and is likely to die in one or two years if it receives a transplant;
- no other health problem that threatens his life. There are health problems that can incapacitate the patient to receive kidney transplants as serious, HIV, pneumonia, or other active infection, cancer, history of stroke or circulation problems that affect the brain serious or chronic diabetes type 1 (insulin-dependent );
- emotionally stable;
- is willing to follow a rigorous program of diet and exercise and take medication;
- does not take high doses of steroid medications;
- has not previously had chest surgery, that even this dispute. Read the rest of this entry »

A heart-lung transplantation can solve irreversible lung problems threatening the life of a person who also has major heart problems. Because of the failure of other treatments, the person is at high risk of death within the next 12 or 24 months, even when given oxygen and medicines. There are several reasons why surgeons perform heart and lung transplants in the U.S.:

- birth defects that affect the heart and lungs, including Eisenmenger syndrome (accounts for 37 percent of transplants combined heart and lung made ​​in USA. UU. in 1997); Read the rest of this entry »

Combined transplantation of heart and lung surgery for people with heart and lung problems that endanger their lives. The surgeon removes the damaged heart and lungs and replace them with a heart and healthy lungs from a person who has died. The person receiving the new heart and lungs (receiver) is a patient at high risk of death if you do not receive a transplant within one to two years. The person who delivers the heart and lungs healthy (donor) is a human being brain dead, but is still alive by artificial means.

Currently, surgeons performing fewer than 50 transplants combined heart and lung per year in the United States. The fact that this figure is reduced is mainly due to the lack of suitable donors. The requirements for a heart and lung donation are much more demanding than those to donate a heart only. Between 10 and 20 percent of people who are able to donate the heart may also meet the criteria for donating both the heart and lungs. Read the rest of this entry »

My recommendation is that you follow these tips, and remember that some of the best cold remedies do not have to do with drugs. Take note, because being pregnant does not mean that there is nothing you can do to relieve symptoms.

* For a stuffy nose, use saline solution (available in the pharmacy or drugstore) or prepare a home with warm water, salt and some baking. Nasal strips are also a good alternative to help you breathe better and also get them at pharmacies.
* Relax your body if you ask.
* When you lie in bed, elevate your head (you can use two pillows). That way you can breathe better. Read the rest of this entry »

During your pregnancy, unless you want to catch you a cold. Not only because they can questions about the health of your baby, but because just during your months of pregnancy, taking cold medicine can be counterproductive. Here we tell you what you can do in case of a cold when you’re pregnant.

When you’re pregnant, your whole body adjusts to create a new life. These adjustments may mean that you are more prone to get sick from colds or colds, for example. The reason is very valid, your defenses are lowered so that your body does not reject the baby, and for that reason are less protected against certain viruses and infections. So, you’re more susceptible to a stuffy nose, congestion, cough, headache and other discomforts. Read the rest of this entry »

The symptoms of end-stage renal disease including weight loss, nausea or vomiting, malaise, fatigue, headache, hiccups, itching, decreased urination, bruising and bleeding easily produced, lethargy, difficulty breathing and convulsions. Symptoms may remain mild or nonexistent until kidney function drops to less than 20% of normal.

Generally, a person develops kidney disease for several years before the disease enters a terminal stage. A blood test will show high levels of creatinine and blood urea nitrogen, chemicals usually eliminated by the kidneys. Urgent dialysis is needed when you have developed one or more of the following problems: Read the rest of this entry »

The end-stage renal disease is a condition in which the kidneys do not function normally. (The word “renal” describes any condition related to the kidneys). Generally, in the end-stage renal disease, the kidneys work less than 15% of normal capacity. When this happens, they usually need dialysis (a mechanical process that performs the function of the kidney) or kidney transplantation.

In the U.S., more than one third of people with end-stage renal disease have diabetes. Kidney disease caused by diabetes is called diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Up to 10% of all people with type 1 (insulin-dependent or juvenile) eventually develop end-stage renal disease. Kidney disease can also develop in people with type 2 (non insulin dependent or adult onset diabetes). With either type, a poor control of blood sugar increases the risk for end-stage renal disease. Read the rest of this entry »