The Kidney (s)-if u have two lol

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The Kidney (s)-if u have two lol

• By Christopher, Kevin Wilson and Matt

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Functions of a Healthy Kidney

• Processing machines
• Processes 200 quarts of blood to sift out about
  2 quarts of waste products and extra water
• Filters waste materials from the blood

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Functions of a Healthy Kidney

• Waste material filtered is called urine
• Urine flows from kidneys to the bladder through
  the ureters.
• Urine is stored in the bladder until excreted

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Physical Characteristics of a Healthy Kidney

• Bean-shaped organs
• Each person usually has 2 kidneys, some are born
  with 1
• Left kidney usually longer and narrower than
  right
• Each kidney is about the size of your fist
• Mass of adult kidney
• male 125 - 170 g
• female 115 - 155 g

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Physical Characteristics of a Healthy Kidney

• Bean-shaped organs
• Blood with waste goes through the blue tube
• Clean blood comes out from the red tube
• Urine goes through the beige tube to the ureter
  to the bladder

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Renal cell carcinoma

• A type of kidney cancer
• Affects 3 of 10 000 people in the U.S
• Mostly affects men of 50 70 years of age
• A tumour grows out of the kidney
• Spreads easily to other organs, esp. lungs

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Renal cell carcinoma

• Smoking is the most prominent risk factor
• Symptoms
• Blood in urine
• Abnormal urine colour (dark, rusty, or brown)
• Flank, back and abdominal pain
• Weight loss
• Emaciated, thin, malnourished appearance
• Enlargement of one testicle
• Swelling of the abdomen

Kidney Tumor - CT Scan
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Renal cell carcinoma

• Treatment
• Surgical removal of all or part of the kidney
• Hormone treatments and immunotherapy with
  medications such as alpha-interferon and
  interleukin may reduce the growth of the tumor in
  some cases
• Chemotherapy used in some cases
• Radiation therapy usually not successful
• Cure is unlikely unless all cancer can be removed
  with surgery
• Can come back even if removed surgically
• CAN cause death
• about 12,000 people in the U.S. die every year