Our kidneys play a big role in our daily lives. It is essential in the eradication of waste products from building up in the bloodstream. The waste products, excess salt and water are drained by the kidney and these are eliminated by the body through urine. Hormones that controls blood pressure, as well as maintaining bone metabolism and the production of red blood cells, are produced by the kidney. Serious health problems may arise once the kidneys stop working. The body may have difficulty functioning when waste products build up and causes imbalance in chemicals.


Kidney failure can occur from an acute situation or from chronic problems. Below are some of the factors that are classified according where the injury has occurred.
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure- Obstruction
- Glomerulonephritis- Polycystic kidney disease
- Kidney stones
- Prostate cancer- Tumors in the abdomen that surround and obstruct the ureters
- Multiple myeloma
- Sepsis


If the patient suffers from kidney failure, the surgeon may recommend dialysis as one of the treatment options. Dialysis is a medical procedure that uses a filter system to clean the body of wast product.


Doctors have commonly recommend Granuflo, a dry acid product in the dialysis industry manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care (FMC). The Granuflo with sodium diacetate has gained approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be released in the market in 2003. The number of dialysis center in the United States today is more than 5700 with approximately 400,000 dialysis patients. About 3300 clinics and 260,000 patients have been known to use this product. Moreover, there have been upsetting reports concerning the product. For more information check this site.



References:
nytimes.com/2012/06/15/health/fda-investigates-fresenius-for-failure-to-warn-of-risk.html?_r=0medicinenet.com/dialysis/article.htmc
health.canoe.ca/channel_condition_info_details.asp?disease_id="249&channel_id="2035&relation_id="20729#Causesmedicinenet.com/kidney_failure/page6.htm#dialysisnhs.uk/Conditions/Kidney-disease-chronic/Pages/Causes.aspx"