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Counseling of Kidney Stone Patients Based on their Dietary Pattern in the Selected Areas of District Kangra (H.P.)

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Title Counseling of Kidney Stone Patients Based on their Dietary Pattern in the Selected Areas of District Kangra (H.P.)
 
Creator Awasthi, Madhvi
 
Subject 613.2 Dietetics
 
Description Among urinary tract disorders, kidney stones are one of the most common afflictions which have affected human beings since ages. It constitutes a significant proportion of the urological disorders and morbidity. Literature indicates that the occurrence of kidney stones dates back to pre-historic era. Evidence of kidney stones has been found in recent exploration and excavation of Egyptian tombs dating back to 8000 B.C. Ancient vedic literature describes stones as Ashmari (Misra and Kumar, 2000). Kidney stones are also known as Renal Calculi or Nephrolithiasis or Urolithiasis. They consist of a nucleus of organic material around which salts are deposited in concentric layers which are bound together by a colloidal matrix of organic matter. Kidney stones can also be defined as a concretion of material usually mineral salts formed in an organ or duct of the body (Lock and Stephen, 2001). Kidney stones may lead to swollen kidneys, infections of kidneys and finally to kidney failure. Kidney stones cause excruciating pain and are extremely common. The incidences of kidney stones are not only widespread in the world but the history of this disease is also very old. In the industrialized and countries of the developed world, the incidences of kidney stone are rapidly on the rise. The occurrence varies from country to country, region to region, race to race, sex to sex and according to the age (Antia and Abraham, 2002). About 5-12 per cent of world's population develops kidney stones during their lifetime. The number of people living in high risk zones for kidney stones has grown up to 40 per cent in 2000 and will grow to 50 per cent by 2050. One person out of ten develops kidney stones and is responsible for 10 admissions of every 1000 hospital admissions, out of which approximately 10 per cent of renal failure cases can be attributed to the kidney stones (Portis and Sundaram, 2001).
 
Date 2010
 
Type Thesis
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Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/772/1/MADHVI%20AWASTHI.pdf
Awasthi, Madhvi (2010) Counseling of Kidney Stone Patients Based on their Dietary Pattern in the Selected Areas of District Kangra (H.P.). PhD thesis thesis, CSKHPKV Palampur.