Many veterinarians will suggest a prescription dry food
diet for kidney disease, but I absolutely recommend against this as well.
It is recommended that mature pets (older than seven years of age) be screened with blood and urine tests yearly to
check for kidney disease and other conditions that increase with age.
The current blood
tests for kidney disease are similarly problematic because they only become abnormal after about 3/4 of kidney function is lost.
Treatment
options for kidney disease are few and far between, and the last 40 years have seen virtually no progress in new drug development.
Additional valuable information is evaluated from specialized tests to determine the
cause for the kidney disease, possibly the extent of the damage, treatment options, and the prognosis.
In addition to restricted protein content, therapeutic diets
for kidney disease also contain reduced phosphorus and sodium.
New research suggests that low protein is not
necessary for a kidney disease cat, as long as the protein is derived from highly digestible animal sources.
Depending on the disease, certain nutrients may be restricted in comparison to the requirements for that nutrient in healthy pets, like the phosphorus levels in
diets for kidney disease.
As a general rule, we recommend
screening for kidney disease by running a blood panel and a urinalysis on all pets greater than 8 years of age.
Certainly, if there is kidney disease present the recommendation is less equivocal as these low salt diets are designed with other features more
specifically for kidney disease.
In the new research, published online on July 6, 2015 in Nature Medicine, Villeda and co-senior author Wyss - Coray again joined forces to follow up on these findings, as well as a range of studies correlating high B2M blood levels with cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease, HIV - associated dementia, and as a consequence of chronic
dialysis for kidney disease.
More than 90 per cent of educational materials
written for kidney disease patients is higher than an average patient's literacy, according to a new study published in the June issue of the National Kidney Foundation's American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Medicare
expenditures for kidney disease and kidney failure were already over $ 87 billion in 2012 according to analysis conducted by the U.S. Renal Data System.
«Although you can not change the genes you are born with, doctors can use this information to start screening
for kidney disease earlier and to aggressively treat any other risk factors you may have such as diabetes or high blood pressure,» said Dr. Naik.
«Bone marrow - derived cells are source of key kidney disease biomarker SuPAR: Discovery may aid
search for kidney disease treatment and prevent recurrence after transplant.»
«If a company has a new
medicine for kidney disease they would want to test for suPAR, because it will tell you which patients are most vulnerable to the disease.»
What Caught Our Attention: PLOS ONE had a few reasons for retracting a 2015 paper about a treatment
for kidney disease due to diabetes: For one, despite what the paper claims, the authors did not obtain ethical approval to conduct the reported animal experiments.
«The liver actually does so many things that we have not been able to design a machine yet to actually replicate what it does,» says Dr. Dieterich, «like a dialysis machine
does for kidney disease.»
Because we are committed to providing the highest standard of care to all patients who come to Emerald City Animal Hospital, we immediately adopted SDMA screening as part of our routine wellness checks and
for kidney disease monitoring.
Although often times the cause is unknown, there are many potential
triggers for kidney disease (also sometimes called chronic renal disease or chronic renal failure) such as:
That may mean adjusting your dog's diet to reduce sodium
intake for both kidney disease and cardiac problems, medicating with diuretics to get rid of unwanted fluids, and going on anti-seizure medications if that has been an issue.
Treatment
for kidney disease includes renoprotective therapies, such as nutritional support, food therapy, electrolyte treatment, and other holistic options.
In 2012, a study in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association concluded that many recipes that you find on the Internet and in
print for kidney disease are too low in balanced, absorbable protein for use in the early stages of kidney failure.
Creatinine - determination is a more sensitive test
for kidney disease then BUN - determination because blood levels of creatinine fluctuate less than urea nitrogen in response to a pet's being dehydrated or consuming a high - protein meal.
Their aims are to supply the very highest long and short term treatment programs for animals suffering from kidney disease and to guide owners in the decision making process required in caring for kidney disease
All the proper supplies are available from your veterinarian — the IV kit with the plastic line and large gauge needle, and appropriate fluids such as
saline for kidney disease, dextrose (sugar) solutions to feed, or a balanced electrolyte solution for other conditions.