Wednesday, 23 February 2022 – 08:00 WIB
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VIVA – Kidney failure is one of the Kidney illness which is quite feared, where this condition occurs when the kidneys are damaged and cannot function properly. Many assume that kidney failure is caused by a lack of drink. really?
Kidney failure is usually the final stage of kidney disease, where the damage to the kidneys is severe or lasts a long time. As it turns out, the triggers can be many things and include lack of drinking that lasts for a long time.
Illustration of drinking water/white water.
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“Indirectly. For example, drinking less than 8 glasses, only 6-4 glasses a day, immediately kidney failure, no. If you continue to risk kidney failure,” said a specialist in internal medicine, dr. Firly SpPD, in the Healthy Living event, TvOne, Tuesday 22 February 2022.
According to doctor Firly, other factors can trigger kidney failure such as other chronic congenital diseases. There is also acute kidney failure can be caused by severe dehydration, for example in patients with diarrhea.
“Severe dehydration, for example due to diarrhea, lack of drinking, can directly cause acute kidney failure. There is also chronic kidney failure, usually the cause is not just not drinking enough, it’s only one of the causes, but not always due to lack of drinking,” he added.
Kidney failure itself consists of several stages so that the therapy is different for each person. One that is quite familiar is dialysis. In addition, other therapies that are also carried out in the late stages usually include kidney transplantation.
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