billybill1
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« on: July 20, 2009, 11:01:20 PM » |
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I think I know why African Americans have such high rates of
hypertension and kidney failure. Their ancestors lived in equatorial climates.
The sweated profusely all day long.
A much larger part of their waste removal from the blood
and fluid removal came from the skin through sweating therefore their kidneys
developed less because they where much less needed.
Now African Americans live in cooler regions with AC, do less manual labor
and sweat much less. So now their less developed kidneys
are being overload causing high blood pressure and kidney failure.
This is something prominent African American leaders so look into.
Kidney failure is 4 times greater among African Americans than the general population.
African Americans should change their diet to eat less salt and they should take
regular saunas to increase the daily amount of sweat. High blood pressure
and kidney failure rates are exploding in the African American community.
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okarol
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2009, 11:06:09 PM » |
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Yikes Billy, that's a really far-fetched idea, in my opinion.  |
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Des
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 02:12:58 AM » |
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In South Africa with 80% of Africans it is very strange that we do not have more men with kindney failure. (it is not much warmer here than in US) Maybe our Africans' kidneys are more developed than the African Americans? heheheh I wonder how did the doc's tested to found out that Africans' kidneys are underdeveloped?  Just wondering...mmm |
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Please note: I am no expert. Advise given is not medical advise but from my own experience or research. Or just a feeling...
South Africa
PKD
Jan 2010 Nephrectomy (left kidney)
Jan 2010 Fistula
Started April 2010 Hemo Dialysis(hate every second of it)
Nov 2012 Placed on disalibity (loving it)
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KICKSTART
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 02:38:32 AM » |
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Now why am i not suprised that sauna's would be mentioned .
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OH NO!!! I have Furniture Disease as well ! My chest has dropped into my drawers !
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Des
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 03:07:11 AM » |
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Kickstart, I didn't want to take the bate ....... your caught.... hehehehheeh  |
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Please note: I am no expert. Advise given is not medical advise but from my own experience or research. Or just a feeling...
South Africa
PKD
Jan 2010 Nephrectomy (left kidney)
Jan 2010 Fistula
Started April 2010 Hemo Dialysis(hate every second of it)
Nov 2012 Placed on disalibity (loving it)
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Stoday
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 01:10:04 PM » |
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I don't think I'll take the number and duration of saunas that are advocated by Billybilll. That extra sweating would mean less work for my kidneys and might result in their shrinking.  Keep 'em coming billybill; a smile a day and all that...  |
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« Last Edit: July 21, 2009, 01:13:22 PM by Stoday »
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Diagnosed stage 3 CKD May 2003
AV fistula placed June 2009
Started hemo July 2010
Heart Attacks June 2005; October 2010; July 2011
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paris
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2009, 02:00:20 PM » |
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I am at a loss for words.
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Hanify
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2009, 03:30:30 PM » |
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I'm still waiting Billybill for you to admit that you've got a franchise selling sauna's...
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Diagnosed Nov 2007 with Multiple Myeloma.
By Jan 2008 was in end stage renal failure and on haemodialysis.
Changed to CAPD in April 2008. Now on PD with a cycler. Working very part time - teaching music. Love it. Husband is Paul (we're both 46), daughter Molly is 13.
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Deanne
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2009, 03:57:21 PM » |
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Deanne
1972: Diagnosed with "chronic kidney disease" (no specific diagnosis)
1994: Diagnosed with FSGS
September 2011: On transplant list with 15 - 20% function
September 2013: ~7% function. Started PD dialysis
February 11, 2014: Transplant from deceased donor. Creatinine 0.57 on 2/13/2014
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Rerun
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2009, 04:01:51 PM » |
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Great! Now tax payers will have to pay restitution for that!  |
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Sunny
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2009, 05:05:04 PM » |
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I should know better than to read posts from this person.
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Sunny, 49 year old female
pre-dialysis with GoodPastures
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dwcrawford
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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2009, 05:23:43 PM » |
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I agree that Billybobs idea is far fetched, but I've honestly been wondering if it is true that African Americans have more kidney failures than Anglos and if so why? It seems that at least 3/4 of the population at my center are African American. It could be the downtown location I guess. Could it have anything to do with diet (salt or high blood pressure).. I've just been looking for an appropriate place to ask this. Maybe it just appears that way to me.
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cariad
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« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2009, 07:28:34 PM » |
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African Americans are more prone to diabetes (type 2) which is the number one cause of kidney failure in this country, last I heard.
African Americans went through a classic evolutionary bottleneck when they were transported over here on the slave ships. You need certain traits to survive a long, brutal trip like that, and those who survived would have more of these traits (and presumably specific genes) than those that perished. Then when these Africans arrived in the Americas, the genes that allowed them to survive starvation were amplified when the survivors reproduced (founder effect). The survivors probably carried a gene or genes that makes an individual more likely to develop diabetes.
We have very hot areas in America, too. This theory is ridiculous. Less developed kidneys?
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People have hope in me. - John Bul Dau, Sudanese Lost Boy
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dwcrawford
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« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2009, 07:57:58 PM » |
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thanks for a serious answer.
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Come to think of it, nothing is funny anymore.
Nothing that I post here is intended for fact but rather for exploration into my personal thought processes. Any slight, use of words with multiple connotations or other percieved insults are totally unintended. I reserve my insults for private.
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