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Please add profiles of those who died from Nephritis. If the cause of death was Bright’s disease, please add them to: Bright’s / Kidney Disease/Failure project. Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules. Acute nephritis has several causes, and it can ultimately lead to kidney failure if it’s left...
Heart failure (HF) , often referred to as chronic heart failure (CHF), occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs. The terms congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF) are often used interchangeably with chronic heart failure. * Other names: ** Left-sided heart failure - Heart is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich ...
=Renal (Kidney) Failure= Renal failure, also known as kidney failure or renal insufficiency , is a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to adequately filter waste products from the blood .The two main forms are acute kidney injury , which is often reversible with adequate treatment, and chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is often not reversible. In both cases, there is usually an underl...
=People who died of gallbladder or biliary tract disorders= Located in the upper right portion of the abdomen, the liver and gallbladder are interconnected by ducts known as the biliary tract, which drains into the first segment of the small intestine (the duodenum). Although the liver and gallbladder participate in some of the same functions, they are very different.===Gallbladder and Biliary ...
=Sepsis= ===Also known as blood poisoning, septicemia=== Even though blood poisoning, septicemia and sepsis are frequently used interchangeably, there are differences. * The trend in medicine currently is to decrease the use of the terms septicemia and blood poisoning in favor of the terms sepsis or septic, because sepsis is defined most concisely. Blood Poisoning: occurs when bacteria are in t...
Organ failure This is an umbrella project; if possible, please add Geni profiles to one of the related projects. DO ADD profiles to "this" project where the specific organ that failed is not known. Organ dysfunction is a condition where an organ does not perform its expected function. Organ failure is organ dysfunction to such a degree that normal homeostasis cannot be maintained without ext...