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Is reverse osmosis RO water safe to drink for people with only one kidney RO - Reverse Osmosis?
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∙ 11y ago
No . As the lone kidney tends to work more and tries to reabsorb minerals from distal tubule . It eventually hypertrophies and fails eventually on a long term basis . Urea and creatinine level tends to rise in blood .
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Define reverse osmosis?
Reverse Osmosis is the method of producing pure water by forcing saline or impure water through a semipermeable membrane across which salts or impurities cannot pass. Reverse osmosis is used for water filtration, for desalinization of seawater, and in kidney dialysis machines.
Where does osmosis occur in the kidney?
osmosis occurs in the nephrons of the kidneys
In osmosis in the kidney of a mammal what substance is involved?
osmosis is always the diffusion of water
Which thing are the constituents of kidney filtrate is reabsorbed by osmosis?
Water
Is water moved from the kidney tubules into the blood by osmosis?
yes it does
How does osomosis occur in the human body?
The reabsorption of water from the kidney tubules back into the blood depends on osmosis.
How does kidney dialysis use osmosis?
Actualy, it doesnt use osmosis at all. Diaysis is the opposite of osmosis many people tend to mix up the two. But during dialysis the transfer of paticles form a higher area of concetration move to an area of lower concetration. Dialysis is used i artificial kidney machiens because it will let salts and other small molecules that are dissolved in blood pass through the membranes of cells.
What is the process of osmosis?
The term osmosis describes the movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated one. Water is sometimes called "the perfect solvent," and living tissue (for example, a human being's cell walls) is the best example of a semipermeable membrane. Osmosis has a number of life-preserving functions: it assists plants in receiving water, it helps in the preservation of fruit and meat, and is even used in kidney dialysis. In addition, osmosis can be reversed to remove salt and other impurities from water
Why is it not advised for patients on dialysis to have a high protein diet?
Because the proteins are macromolecular that need to have a mechanism of osmosis in order for it to filtrate and expel the waste in the kidneys. It would overwhelm the kidney and cause further kidney problems
Is it possible to reverse diabetes?
Diabetes can affect your heart, kidney, or have a stroke. Type 2 diabetes cannot be cured. But it could be reverse with the right eating habits and exercises. But you need to fully commit to it.
How does osmosis affect homeostasis?
homeostasis is essentially the maintenance of the body's internal environment, including things like levels of water for substances like blood (less water means more viscous blood). For this particular example, osmosis takes part in the kidney, affecting how much water is reabsorbed into the body hence affecting the thickness of blood. The kidney purposefully makes its medulla very concentrated so as to reabsorb water as urine passes by in the collecting duct. The extent of osmosis can be effected by hormones such as Anti-diuretic hormone, which makes the walls of the collecting duct more permeable so more water is reabsorbed.
In Osmosis Jones a acop and his girlfriend are going to the kidneys to see who why did they need to go see them soon?
They are going to see the kidney stones because it might pass.
