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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 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 […]

Preventive Health Maintenance Services

What can be done to reduce your risks of Kidney Disease? Heart or kidney healthy diet Reduce sodium intake to 2 grams/day Tight glucose control, maintain a hemoglobin A1c level to less than 7.0 Maintain good blood pressure control, blood pressure goal of less than 130/80 Exercise daily Quit smoking Reduce protein intake to 80 […]

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!

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