Bicarme Tuesday 25th of June 2013 SANTIAGO CITY, June 25 (PIA)– Despite claims that herbal medicines can heal kidney diseases, a nephrologist here has advised patients to avoid taking herbal medicines without consulting their doctors, saying that these medicines might further damage their kidneys. In a press conference held here yesterday, Dr. Glen Butuyan, a member of the Nephrology Society of the Philippines and nephrology consultant of several hospitals in Region 2, said that based on studies show that herbal medicines may damage the kidneys. While it is true that herbal medicines come from plants or organic sources, these are not yet purified and some of their elements can trigger the disease, Butuyan said. He said that in developing a medicine from a certain plant, the plants elements are extracted, after which, only the elements that can cure will be taken. So I advise patients who have kidney disease not to take herbal medicines as the other elements of herbal medicines might trigger the disease, he said. In the case of herbal medicines being sold by networking associations, Butuyan said that these cannot cure because these are not actually medicines and are not licensed under the Food and Drugs Administration as drugs but as food supplements. Butuyan also said that pain relievers must not be taken without a doctors prescription because these might have side effects.
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Allens Device has shown a unique ability to dissolve kidney stones in both kidneys without complications, so there is no need to use harmful surgical removal procedures, Fine Treatment reveals. Changing lifestyles has made women more prone to kidney stones, according to city doctors. While the condition is seen now among 30 per cent of women in the city, fewer men are complaining of it than before, according to prominent urologist, Dr M. R. Pari. In the past 90 per cent of men and 10 per cent of women suffered from kidney stones, but now the figure has gone up to 30 per cent for women 30 and lowered to 70 per cent for men, he reveals, blaming the rising incidence among women on their changed lifestyle.
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Patients with lower eGFR should be evaluated for anemia at least semiannually. Patients with an eGFR of <45 mL/min/1.73m2 should receive testing for calcium, phosphate, intact parathyroid hormone, and alkaline phosphatase. When the intact parathyroid hormone concentration exceeds the upper limit of the reference range, patients should be evaluated for calcium, phosphate, and vitamin D deficiency. The Guidelines identify an issue with BNP/NT-proBNP and troponin assays. These test results must be interpreted with caution among patients with an eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73m2. Congestive heart failure and fluid overload are more prevalent among patients with lower levels of kidney function. Unfortunately, these tests become less reliable as predictors of fluid overload and heart failure in these patients. Different laboratory and clinical criteria must be considered when the eGFR is <60 mL/min/1.73m2.
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