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Functioning kidneys are vital for your survival, your overall health and in the way your body works.

Some of the core actions of your kidneys include cleaning the blood, balancing the volume of fluid in your body, producing active vitamin D and some hormones.

Your kidneys health hold serious consequences for wellbeing

Kidney Function: Your kidneys sit opposite each other on either side of your spine, they are two fist-sized, bean-shaped organs located in the back of the abdomen against the back muscles. One of the main functions of your kidneys is to remove waste from the body. Every day, the kidneys repetitively filter through 7 to 8 litres of blood to help get rid of waste products.

Additionally, the kidneys produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra fluid that travels from the kidneys to the bladder where it is stored.

Because of all of the vital functions the kidneys perform and the toxins they encounter, the kidneys are susceptible to various problems.

Kidney Cancer: Cells in the kidney sometimes change and no longer grow or behave normally. These changes may lead to benign conditions such as cysts and in some cases, changes to kidney cells can also cause cancer.

A malignant tumour that starts in the cells of the kidney.No one knows the exact causes of this disease, typically kidney cancer develops most often in people over 40.

Certain risk factors increase your risk of kidney cancer these include smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, or long-term dialysis used to treat chronic kidney failure.

Detection: Kidney disease rarely shows warning signs in the early stages. Usually, detection of kidney cancer is difficult because there are often no obvious early signs or symptoms until a tumour may be quite large.

However, possible signs may include changes in kidney habits, feeling pain or burning when going, a frequent urge to urinate whether or not anything is produced.

Other symptoms of kidney cancer that show up, later on, may include blood in the urine, a most common sign of kidney cancer. Also, there may be back pain or constant pain in the side or flank, intermittent fever, weight loss or fatigue and possibly a mass in the side abdomen.

Diagnosing kidney cancer: Diagnosis of kidney cancer often happens in late stages of the condition; to help with a diagnosis a varied number of tests and diagnostic techniques are used. Tests such as urinalysis, blood tests, intravenous pyelogram or biopsy of kidney tissue are done. As well useful imaging tests are CT scan, MRI scan or ultrasound.

Delays in diagnosing kidney cancer may lead to more advanced disease stage at diagnosis and may undermine the effectiveness of treatment.

Spreading Metastases: Kidney cancer may also spread from one kidney to the other. Kidney cancer is not just one type of cancer, but rather many different types when kidney cancer spreads outside the kidney, it can break off travel to distant parts of the body.

Cancer cells are often found in nearby lymph nodes or cells may also spread through the bloodstream to the lungs, bones, or liver.

Treatment: Surgery is the standard of care for the majority of kidney cancers to remove a primary tumour. Other treatments used in combination with surgery include radiation or medication to destroy any cancer cells that may remain. Chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation is another option of combined treatments.

Generally, treatment options depend on a number of factors, including general health. Your doctor will make the diagnosis and determine a treatment plan, you can also ask for a second opinion.

Worried About Kidney Cancer? Early diagnosis and treatment play a major part in the prognosis and survival of kidney cancer. it's wise to pay heed to changes in kidney function and to ask questions.

Regular checkups help to ensure that any changes are noted and treated if needed. Just keep in mind that your kidneys are important organs with many bodily functions including producing hormones, absorbing minerals and filtering blood.

You need to own fully functioning kidneys that produce urine and balance the volume of fluid in your body along with all its other vital core performances. It's important to take care of your kidneys its health is in your hands.