Dialysis Machine
Dialysis
is a medical process through which a person's blood is cleansed of the toxins
the kidneys normally would flush out. It is generally used when a person's
kidneys no longer function properly. This can be a result of congenital kidney disease, long-term diabetes, highblood pressure or other conditions.
Dialysis may be either temporary or permanent, depending on the
person. If a patient is waiting on a kidney transplant, the procedure may be
temporary. However, if the patient is not a good transplant candidate, or a
transplant would not alleviate the condition, dialysis may be a life-long
routine.
Hemodialysis is probably the procedure that most people are
familiar with. This procedure is performed at a hospital or dialysis center.
The patient is hooked up, via a tube in the veins, to a machine that circulates
his blood through a machine, through semi-permeable filters that take out the
toxins in the blood. The procedure usually takes three to four hours.
Kidneys
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each
about the size of a fist. They are located just below the rib cage, one on each
side of the spine. Every day, the two kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of
blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra
fluid. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through two thin tubes
of muscle called ureters, one on each side of the bladder. The bladder stores
urine. The muscles of the bladder wall remain relaxed while the bladder fills
with urine. As the bladder fills to capacity, signals sent to the brain tell a
person to find a toilet soon. When the bladder empties, urine flows out of the
body through a tube called the urethra, located at the bottom of the bladder.
In men the urethra is long, while in women it is short.The kidneys are important because they keep the
composition, or makeup, of the blood stable, which lets the body function. They
prevent
the buildup of wastes and extra fluid in the body.
The kidney is not one large filter.
Each kidney is made up of about a million filtering units called nephrons.
Each nephron filters a small amount of blood. The nephron includes a filter,
called the glomerulus, and a tubule.
Nephron
The nephrons work through a two-step process. The glomerulus
lets fluid and waste products pass through it; however, it prevents blood cells
and large molecules, mostly proteins, from passing. The filtered fluid then
passes through the tubule, which sends needed minerals back to the bloodstream
and removes wastes. The final product becomes urine.
The kidneys are quite efficient, extracting the maximum amount
of value from the blood and producing surprisingly little waste. They work with
the intestinal tract and the sweat glands to help remove wastes and toxins from
the body, keeping the body healthy and in a state of homeostasis. However, they can break down, causing serious health problems
as toxins accumulate in the blood stream, rather than being filtered out. One
sign that the kidneys are failing is blood in the urine. Kidney failure can
happen to the elderly and to people with renal diseases, and it requires prompt
medical treatment, often including dialysis, a mechanical blood filtering treatment.
Sophisticated work of a tiny Naphron
I.
It keeps the volume of
water in the body constant while maintaining the composition of the blood by
removing waste and keeping concentrations of various substances constant.
II.
It prevents blood cells and large
molecules, mostly proteins, from passing.
III.
Sends needed minerals back to the
bloodstream.
IV.
Fluid and waste products pass
through it.
Do we have programmed our Kidneys and Naphron to work
accordingly?
We even don’t know the location of kidneys in our body. How can
we control them?
Who has programmed a tiny Naphron to :
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to keep the volume of water in the
body constant while removing waste.
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to prevent blood cells and
molecules from passing.
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to send back needed minerals to
bloodstream.
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to pass the fluid and waste.
Clearly, random
events, human beings, and technology cannot produce such an astonishing work.
This fact has been scientifically proven. This amazing work in our bodies
belongs to Allah, Whose might makes all things according to His will.
The Almighty
Allah has programmed a tiny Naphron to do accordingly.
Almighty
Allah controls, this system from our birth to our death.
Allah maintains countless balances in our body at every second, without our ever being aware of them.
We must be
grateful to him every day, at every moment.
الله سبحانه وتعالى
