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Sep, 2021
Have you found yourself urinating quite often? Obviously, frequent urination is NOT normal and that's why we want you to know the main causes behind this so that you take immediate action. From frequent trips to the loo during…
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30
Aug, 2021
Your kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs located just below the rib cage, one on each side. Roughly the size of a fist, your kidneys serve many critical bodily functions. But did you know that a large number of the population is living with kidney diseases and most don’t even know it? Unfortunately, kidney disease is progressive! Dr. Mahesh Prasad, consultant Nephrologist, from Wockhardt Hospitals, says, “Chronic kidney disease…
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5
Mar, 2020
A kidney stone is a hard, crystalline mineral material formed within the kidney or urinary tract. Most common symptoms of a kidney stone include flank pain and blood in the urine can be present also. Nephrolithiasis” is the medical…
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28
Nov, 2019
850 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE are now estimated to have kidney diseases from various causes. Chronic kidney diseases (CKD) cause at least 2.4 million deaths per year and are now the 6th fastest growing cause of death. (REF:https://www.worldkidneyday.org/2019-campaign/2019-wkd-theme/) Acute kidney injury (AKI), an important driver of CKD, affects over 13 million people worldwide and 85% of these cases are found in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Around 1.7 people are estimated…
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22
Nov, 2019
This World Kidney Day will share few great stories about the patients and their families came to Wockhardt hospitals. They say that women can be healers and can be sometimes bestowed with gods will, on this day we would…
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21
Nov, 2019
What is the importance of the Kidney and its functions? The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs situated in the back muscles (on either side of the spine) of the upper abdominal cavity in our body.The main function of the kidney is to filter the blood circulating through your body by removing waste and excess salts and regulate the water fluid levels.They are also responsible for regulating pH, salt, and potassium…
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