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Should You Exercise if You Have Chronic Kidney Disease?

Chronic kidney disease, or CKD, results from a number of different conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus, kidney stones, polycystic kidney disease, or even frequent urinary infections. CKD is a condition in which your kidneys are unable to do their job of cleansing your body and blood from wastes and excess. Without your […]

Supporting Your Health Through Dialysis

Kidney failure is a serious condition that requires immediate attention by a kidney doctor, or nephrologist. Aside from kidney transplant, dialysis is the best procedure to treat sufferers of this condition. Some dialysis patients are able to return to mostly normal lives outside of treatments. However, there are certain recommendations to keep in mind when […]

How to Keep Your Kidneys Healthy

Kidneys. What exactly are those bean shaped organs and how do we keep them functioning at their best? Kidneys act as an essential filtering system in the body, removing waste products and toxins through urine. These mighty organs work to regulate the body’s blood pressure, control the production of red blood cells, balance body fluid, […]

What Causes Kidney Stones

Kidneys are organs that most people think very little about until something goes wrong with them. Kidneys work hard to flush toxins and excess debris from our bloodstream. When all is well, we are able to urinate without pain, frequency, or urgency. When something goes wrong, however, kidney troubles can throw a curve in our […]

How Diabetes Leads to Kidney Disease

Diabetes is a disease characterized by high blood sugar and the body’s inability to produce or process proper amounts of insulin. As of 2015, the International Diabetes Federation reported an average of over 400 million people living with diabetes worldwide. Given poor diet and lifestyle choices, the number of people affected by diabetes (especially type […]

What do Kidneys (Renal) do?

Kidneys have many functions, some of which include filtering your blood, removing toxic materials that your body makes on a daily basis, removing extra fluid that your body does not need, adjusting all your electrolytes in your body, effecting your blood pressure, producing hormones to keep you red blood cells at normal levels, and keep […]

Kidney & Hypertension Disease

Hypertension Hypertension is elevated blood pressure. Hypertension can be essential which means the cause of it is not known or secondary which the cause could be in the kidneys or glands close to your kidneys such as your adrenal glands. Your kidney specialist will check you for the above. What is Kidney Hypertension Disease? Elevation […]

Kidney Disease Could Be Acute or Chronic

Acute Kidney Disease (AKI) Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an abrupt decline in kidney function. It is a decline in the function of the kidney secondary to functional or structural changes to the kidney. It is measured by the increase markers in the blood called BUN & creatinine. For instance, AKI can occur because of […]

Kidney Replacement Therapy

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) Home hemodialysis Hemodialysis (HD) Kidney Transplant Abbas Rabiei, M.D., F.A.S.N. practices Nephrology and Internal Medicine in Jupiter specializing in Kidney Replacement Therapy. Call 561-253-8121 today for an appointment!

Kidney Bone Disease

How is chronic kidney disease (CKD) related to bone disease? Healthy kidneys keep the right amount of phosphorus and calcium in your body. When your kidneys are not working, too much phosphorus can build up in your blood. This can cause the kidneys to pull calcium from your bones, making them weak. Healthy kidneys also […]

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