Coping With Kidney Disease

A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each year, the information in this book could substantially improve your quality of life. In Coping with Kidney Disease, a leading expert tells you, in plain English, what you need to know to: * Understand kidney failure * Recognize early warning signs of kidney failure * Get a proper diagnosis * Talk with your doctors about it * Confidently evaluate treatment options * Take charge of your treatment * Delay dialysis or even avoid the need for it altogether The centerpiece of Coping with Kidney Disease is Dr. Walser's revolutionary 12-step program for avoiding dialysis. Based on treatments he has pioneered with his own patients at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high cholesterol. So effective has this breakthrough strategy proven to be that in many patients it actually worked to slow or arrest the progression of kidney failure to the end stage. Knowledge is power. Coping with Kidney Disease empowers you with what you need to take charge of kidney disease.

A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each year, the information in this book could substantially improve your quality of life. In Coping with Kidney Disease, a leading expert tells you, in plain English, what you need to know to: * Understand kidney failure * Recognize early warning signs of kidney failure * Get a proper diagnosis * Talk with your doctors about it * Confidently evaluate treatment options * Take charge of your treatment * Delay dialysis or even avoid the need for it altogether The centerpiece of Coping with Kidney Disease is Dr. Walser's revolutionary 12-step program for avoiding dialysis. Based on treatments he has pioneered with his own patients at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high cholesterol. So effective has this breakthrough strategy proven to be that in many patients it actually worked to slow or arrest the progression of kidney failure to the end stage. Knowledge is power. Coping with Kidney Disease empowers you with what you need to take charge of kidney disease.

Do you have chronic kidney disease, or kidney stones ? Your doctor told you there is no cure, right ? Well, there is a cure ! And this book brings you the details of that cure so you can cure yourself. This book gives you two ways to avoid dialysis AND the way to cure yourself of chronic kidney disease and kidney stones naturally as the author did ! This book is NOT about gimmicks. The cure for kidney disease is proven science that your doctors COULD tell you, but don't ! By doing what this book says, the least you will do is greatly improve your health. There is no other book available that gives you the information that is in this book. This book empowers you with the knowledge to save your own life and cure yourself of chronic kidney disease, Diabetes, Gout, Heart Disease and Kidney stones. And for the rare few who do not, the least you will do is significantly improve your health. Doctors have no cures. Doctors only treat your diseases to prolong them to maximize their income. Doctors do not study cures. So cures can only be found outside the medical profession. But there is one Doctor in America that can help you avoid dialysis through his clinically proven drug treatments. Find out about that doctor in this book. Since all disease is caused by poisons(except for the 20% caused by viruses and germs) avoiding poisons is the key to preventing and curing almost all diseases. Get rid of the cause of the diseases and you get rid of the diseases. This is why you have to get serious about avoiding and eliminating poisons in our food, drinks and water supplies. And that's what this book teaches you how to do ! Doing what this book says can cure you of chronic kidney disease; and do so within a matter of months; with improvement coming within just a few weeks. The more things in this book that you do for yourself, the faster the results.

Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease: Exploring the Impact of CKD, Dialysis, and Transplantation on Patients provides an overview of the emotional and psychological challenges faced by people with renal disease. This book outlines the epidemiology and treatment of the psychosocial factors affecting them. The sections in the book cover psychiatric illness in the earlier and middle stages of chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease treated with dialysis, and renal transplantation. The book concludes with a section on special considerations, delving into topics such as treating children and adolescents, quality of life, caregiver burden, challenges in psychosocial research in kidney disease, and future directions for intervention. Includes chapters that are written by a leading group of international researchers Emphasizes practical approaches to patient care and treatment issues Explores psychosocial issues related to hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis Discusses available treatment for anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, pain, nonadherence, cognitive dysfunction, palliative care, and other psychosocial concerns