Nephrology

Are you at risk of Kidney Disease?

Common causes of kidney diseases include Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension (high blood pressure). Few common symptoms of kidney diseases are:

• Swelling of face and legs
• Decrease in urine output
• Increased urination at night
• Blood in urine
• Decreased appetite vomiting
• Breathlessness

If you have diabetes, high blood pressure or family history of kidney diseases, you may be at risk of developing kidney diseases. Periodic screening in the form of simple blood and urine test is helpful in detecting early kidney disease and preventing deterioration of kidney function. The scope of care at Nephrology Department at Adwait Hospital comprises of kidney diseases right from the earliest detectable changes in kidney function through end-stage kidney disease, as well as people with high blood pressure, kidney stones, and other kidney-related disorders like Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease. There is availability of Dialysis Unit for bed side dialysis of ICU patients for their kidney diseases.