His Holiness Pope Francis It is being accompanied by the Catholic community in the world where prayer has been requested for their recovery and request to which people have joined the planet who consider it in their role as a spiritual leader.
Pope Francis is still under observation After suffering a prolonged respiratory crisis that has led him to need high flow oxygen, generating concern among millions of faithful worldwide.
The Catholic Church of Mexico urged February 23 to not speculate on the health of Pope Francis or advance to the facts, after its condition worsened on Saturday due to a respiratory crisis that required oxygen and blood transfusions.
In the last hours it was also announced that It has a slight renal insufficiency, But what does this picture refer to and why it is important.
What is the function of the kidneys?
The kidneys are organs that measure 9 to 11 centimeters and are of great importance for the body. When its function decreases beyond 60 percent, the danger is imminent.
In their optimal state, kidneys are great body workers. They filter about half a cup of blood per minute and at the end of the day they have cleaned about 180 liters, in addition to eliminating waste and excess water, which becomes urine.
When these organs do not work well, infections, acute kidney injuries, nephrotic syndrome, calculations, and even cancer can be developed. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), kidney disease affects one of every 10 adults to some degree.
Why did Pope Francis affect a mild insufficiency?
As we have seen, the kidneys filter the blood and control the chemical and liquid balance of the body, when they do not work correctly cause serious health problems.
In an interview with Guatemalan doctors, they comment more about this painting in patients in general and that gives an idea of what Pope Francis could be living.
Internist doctor Aldrin Aroche Comment that is called the condition of the kidneys that refer to Pope Francis a renal injury. Usually, COn a blood test, the functioning of the kidneys is measured and when measuring the body’s cretinin it could be determined if these organs cannot filter the waste.
Acute renal injury has different phases. It happens when the kidneys, suddenly, cannot filter blood waste and may not even present symptoms.
It is also measured that there is an imbalance when the amount of urine expels the body decreases.
If the lesion passes to moderate to severe phases, the symptoms may include anorexia, nausea, accumulation of liquids, loss of balance that can cause lack of air and swelling of the legs, ankles or feet and vomiting. It can be reversed, but if the picture is not treated, you run the risk of having from seizures to a comma, describe the MSD manual.
For its part, the nephrologist, Pedro Dávila, Medical Technical Director of the National Unit for Chronic Renal Care (AERC), He explains that acute renal lesion is common to develop in patients who are in hospital and intensive care environments.
Acute renal injury can vary from mild to severe. If it is serious, persistent and not, it can be deadly and compromise other systems, affect oxygen levels and have a multiorgan failure, describe professionals.
Dávila explains that at the time that in the slight acute injuryat the time of receiving treatment there is the possibility of recovering from the kidneys. “Certain conditions can put patients at risk and do not respond to treatment could also lead to dialysis need (treatment that helps eliminate waste and excess blood fluid when the kidneys do not work properly) “, concludes the nephrologist.