Kidneys

... pills use synthetic estrogens and progesterones. One of the effects that estrogen has on your body is an increase in Sodium reabsorption in your kidneys probably by increasing aldosterone. Water basically follows where the sodium is going so that everything is balanced. This is what causes bloating ...

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... What is a urinary tract infection? Your urinary tract is the system that makes urine and carries it out of your body. It includes your bladder and kidneys and the tubes that connect them. When germs get into this system, they can cause an infection. Most urinary tract infections are bladder infections. ...

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... who are not informed about lymphedema, prescribe diuretics to make the swelling go away -- but they are not the answer. Diuretics affect the kidneys -- not the lymphatic system. They remove fluid from the body and this makes the lymphedema worse. You are right in your understanding about ...

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my daughter is 12yrs old she has been havin urine infections for years, she has been to hospital twice once for ultra sound of kidneys which came back normal,and the second time the doc just asked her whwt medicine she was on, told me she was under weight,and sent her leaflets about sex ...

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... I've been to multiple teachers, even a physics one, but none seem to understand it. Could someone here help me? Now, in the glomeruli, within the kidneys, certain substances are filtered out of the blood. This is why the concentrations of different substances differ between the afferent arteriole ...

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