Chronic renal failure

Chronic renal failure is the progressive deterioration of glomerular filtration rate below 60mil/min, which results in retention of urea and nitrogen products. This process alters the hydroelectrolyte and acid-base balance. In addition, there is a decrease in the production of hormones such as erythropoietin and vitamin D, as a consequence of the rapid loss of … Read more

Neural Therapy, an effective treatment for pain

Neural Therapy (NT) is a way of treating the person through the nervous system (NS), especially the vegetative NS. All tissues and organs of our body have nerve fibers to regulate their functions and these are connected to each other as a network and to the central nervous system. The SN is one of the … Read more

Anemia in the patient with chronic kidney disease

Anemia is a common condition in patients with chronic kidney disease and is caused by poor regulation of iron metabolism and erythropoiesis. It has been associated with an increased risk of hospitalization, cardiovascular disease, cognitive deficits and mortality. To treat anemia, it is essential to assess iron status. With regard to iron, it is important … Read more

Diabetic nephropathy: when diabetes affects the kidneys

Diabetic nephropathy is kidney disease caused by diabetes. It is a chronic disease that develops in one third of people with diabetes. It occurs when high blood glucose levels affect the small vessels throughout the body, including those in the kidneys. When these small vessels do not function properly, their function – filtration – is … Read more

When sport goes from being healthy to an obsession

Society is increasingly concerned with having the “perfect body”. Nine out of ten athletes use nutritional supplements and follow diets without medical advice. Dr. Arenas, an expert in Nephrology, assures that being able to buy these substances freely and considering them “natural” favors their use, but she assures that this does not mean that they … Read more

5 myths about cholesterol

We constantly hear about cholesterol, there is an abundance of information about cholesterol diets, remedies, medication… and a number of myths have spread about what to do and what not to do, what is good and what is bad. Totally false myths. Here are five of these false myths about cholesterol and its treatment. False … Read more

What is integrative medicine

What is integrative medicine for you? It is the result of a whole life process. After finishing my medical degree and, later on, during the years of my specialty, an opening of consciousness came into my life that made me wake up, completing all this medical training with complementary medicine techniques. All this on a … Read more

Glomerulonephritis: pathology that affects the most important function of the kidney

Glomerulonephritis is a group of renal diseases that affect a microscopic structure of the kidney, which is the glomerulus. This microscopic structure is responsible for performing the most important function of the kidney, which is filtration. The glomerulus can be affected acutely, subacutely or chronically depending on the rapidity of onset. Generally glomerulonephritis has an … Read more

What is diabetic nephropathy

Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) is a renal complication of type 1 and 2 diabetes. It must be differentiated from Diabetes Associated Renal Disease (DARD), which refers to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) attributed to Diabetes itself. In diabetes, CKD is defined as the loss of renal function that reaches an estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) – 60 … Read more

Diabetic Nephropathy: what it is and how to treat it

Diabetic nephropathy is damage to the kidneys caused by high blood glucose levels. It can affect any diabetic patient with significant hyperglycemia. The main treatment involves controlling blood glucose, blood pressure and lipids in order to avoid advanced stages of the disease requiring transplantation or dialysis. Diabetic nephropathy: what it is Diabetic nephropathy is caused … Read more