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Gary James
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Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject:
Prostate Condition Linked with Kidney Disease |
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http://time.blogs.com/daily_rx/
'Benign' Prostate Condition Linked with Kidney Disease?
A Mayo Clinic study has found that men who show symptoms of prostate
obstruction—where an enlarged prostate gland reduces the flow of waste
from the bladder by squeezing the urethra much like a clamp on a
hose—are three times more likely to develop chronic kidney disease.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, which is not associated with the
development of prostate cancer) results when an enlarged prostate
chokes the urethra and irritates the bladder, resulting in more
frequent urination and a weakening of the bladder that eventually
reduces its ability to empty completely. As a result, waste and toxins
are retained in the body. BPH is a pervasive condition affecting half
of men in their 60s, and as many as 90% in their 70s and 80s. The Mayo
study compared those who showed no symptoms of BPH with those show did
show symptoms in a random sample of 476 men, aged between 40 and 79,
from Olmsted County, Minn.
Kidney specialist Dr. Andrew Rule, the lead investigator, admitted
being surprised by the strong correlation between BPH and the
occurrence of chronic kidney disease, caused by a buildup of bodily
waste that becomes toxic. Current BPH treatment includes drugs that
shrink or prevent further growth of the prostate, minimally invasive
therapy and various surgical procedures. If future studies support BPH
as a factor in kidney disease, screening symptomatic men for kidney
damage could lead to early detection.
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Dave Simpson
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Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:05 am Post subject:
Re: Prostate Condition Linked with Kidney Disease |
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[Distribution expanded for self-evident reasons]
My comments come first, followed by the original posting by Gary.
Two things come to mind here, Gary.
1) Odds are BPH doesn't cause kidney failure, but kidney failure, which
causes a number of problems (vascular problems; anemia; renal
osteodystrophy; left ventricular hypertrophy, etc.) during its course,
may well cause BPH as well. As to the onset of BPH in later years,
uremia itself has been described as an accelerated aging process
insofar as many effects are concerned.
2) Kidney failure (the final results of which much is paid for by the
federal government, since the early 1970s) is expensive and the time
bomb for kidney failure as an often-hypertensive, frequently-diabetic
population ages in the USA has yet to explode.
Such problems are excellent objects of study by the NIH, and if in
the future we go to Medicare or other federal health care for everyone,
checking for kidney problems (at the least, testing for proteinuria as
well as creatine levels) should be among the primary objectives in
routine preventive care for everyone.
P.S. 3) For all organs, it's long past time we went to "presumed
consent" for donation of organs from everyone who dies in the USA.
Gary James wrote:
| Quote: | http://time.blogs.com/daily_rx/
'Benign' Prostate Condition Linked with Kidney Disease?
A Mayo Clinic study has found that men who show symptoms of prostate
obstruction-where an enlarged prostate gland reduces the flow of waste
from the bladder by squeezing the urethra much like a clamp on a
hose-are three times more likely to develop chronic kidney disease.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, which is not associated with the
development of prostate cancer) results when an enlarged prostate
chokes the urethra and irritates the bladder, resulting in more
frequent urination and a weakening of the bladder that eventually
reduces its ability to empty completely. As a result, waste and toxins
are retained in the body. BPH is a pervasive condition affecting half
of men in their 60s, and as many as 90% in their 70s and 80s. The Mayo
study compared those who showed no symptoms of BPH with those show did
show symptoms in a random sample of 476 men, aged between 40 and 79,
from Olmsted County, Minn.
Kidney specialist Dr. Andrew Rule, the lead investigator, admitted
being surprised by the strong correlation between BPH and the
occurrence of chronic kidney disease, caused by a buildup of bodily
waste that becomes toxic. Current BPH treatment includes drugs that
shrink or prevent further growth of the prostate, minimally invasive
therapy and various surgical procedures. If future studies support BPH
as a factor in kidney disease, screening symptomatic men for kidney
damage could lead to early detection. |
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ward stewart
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Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:09 am Post subject:
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On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:11:27 -1000, Dave Simpson wrote
(in article <1120252287.239279.122860@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>):
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[Distribution expanded for self-evident reasons]
My comments come first, followed by the original posting by Gary.
Two things come to mind here, Gary.
1) Odds are BPH doesn't cause kidney failure, but kidney failure, which
causes a number of problems (vascular problems; anemia; renal
osteodystrophy; left ventricular hypertrophy, etc.) during its course,
may well cause BPH as well. As to the onset of BPH in later years,
uremia itself has been described as an accelerated aging process
insofar as many effects are concerned.
2) Kidney failure (the final results of which much is paid for by the
federal government, since the early 1970s) is expensive and the time
bomb for kidney failure as an often-hypertensive, frequently-diabetic
population ages in the USA has yet to explode.
Such problems are excellent objects of study by the NIH, and if in
the future we go to Medicare or other federal health care for everyone,
checking for kidney problems (at the least, testing for proteinuria as
well as creatine levels) should be among the primary objectives in
routine preventive care for everyone.
P.S. 3) For all organs, it's long past time we went to "presumed
consent" for donation of organs from everyone who dies in the USA.
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This seems to me to be an absolute necessity -- the abandoning of viable
organs to formaldehyde and the worm is dizzyingly foolish - citizens are
dying every day as we waste the (free) resources that could save their lives.
Internal organs, skin, bone marrow, and even blood are many of them
salvageable and life-saving.
I had a notion a while back that it might be interesting for many of us to
have a little red heart tattooed on our chests (made a binding instruction by
legislation) so that the doctor listening to our chests will be informed that
our left-overs are up for grabs. This provided information at the point of
sale (as it were) and not in a document in a lawyers office or with a shocked
and distressed family.
ward RN
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