Kidney, Urinary, Gastro Intestinal, Liver

Sejal Jobanputra lost her father to suicide at a time when she herself was grappling with a number of health issues. Even after a decade, she finds it difficult to come to terms with the tragedy. What were your immediate thoughts when your father died by suicide? Immediate thoughts were random hopelessness. Why? Could I have prevented it? Was I a burden? That time I had 2 catheters around my neck for dialysis. I had just become deaf a few weeks ago, possibly due to amikacin medicine’s side…

Balaka Basu, founder of Interstitial Cystitis India, shares the story of her journey of being diagnosed with this chronic and debilitating condition to being the founder of a support group that has helped many in a similar situation.  “Changing poison into medicine”- Daisaku Ikeda When I started suffering from the debilitating disease called Interstitial Cystitis, I thought it was the end of everything in my life. I had little knowledge that it was actually the beginning of a great journey…

Bekxy recalls how she spent three traumatic months during the lockdown managing her husband’s life threatening gallbladder illness - acute complicated cholecystitis (gangrenous) and post operative biliary fistula and living in constant fear of testing Covid positive. She also writes about her learnings as a caregiver. It was yet another day of WFH (work from home) for me. Concalls, emails, monitoring the markets, deep into work on the dining table in our living room. Suddenly the door opened…

सूरत के चिकित्सक, 35 वर्षीय डॉ विपुलकुमार गोयानी का हेपेटाइटिस बी का निदान तेजी से एक लिवर (यकृत, जिगर) ट्रांसप्लांट की जरूरत में बदल गया। साथ ही उन्होंने ट्रांसप्लांट के बाद अपने लिवर को स्वस्थ रखने के लिए जीवनशैली में बदलाव किये। इस लेख में वे इन सब के बारे में अपने व्यक्तिगत अनुभव साझा कर रहे हैं। कृपया हमें अपनी स्थिति के बारे में थोड़ा बताएं मुझे 13 जुलाई 2015 में हेपेटाइटिस बी का निदान मिला। हेपेटाइटिस के कारण सितंबर 2015 में एक्यूट लिवर फेलियर हुआ। मुझे लिवर (यकृत, जिगर ) के ट्रांसप्लांट…

हम अकसर सुनते हैं कि बुजुर्ग लोगों को कब्ज, एसिड रिफ्लक्स (अम्ल प्रतिवाह), निगलने में कठिनाई, अल्सर इत्यादि जैसी पाचन संबंधी समस्याओं से जूझना पड़ता है। डॉ। देवेंद्र देसाई, हिंदुजा अस्पताल, खार (मुंबई) में गैस्ट्रोएंटरोलॉजी के सलाहकार, हैं - इस लेख में वे उम्र बढ़ने का आंत के स्वास्थ्य पर क्या असर पड़ता है, इस पर चर्चा कर रहे हैं। प्रचलित परिभाषा के अनुसार अगर किसी व्यक्ति की उम्र 65 वर्ष या अधिक हो तो हम उन्हें बुज़ुर्ग (सीनियर/ वरिष्ठ ) मानते हैं। विश्व की आबादी में बुजुर्गों का अनुपात बढ़ रहा…

Dr Raka Kaushal, a senior nephrologist focused on various women’s issues amongst patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in a webinar with PatientsEngage in English and Hindi. The questions raised from pregnancy complications, to hair loss, abnormal periods, menopause, oral contraceptives and more.  Here is a synopsis of the key questions addressed. Link to recording on youtube below. Each question is marked with the time stamp. 1:43 Are women with CKD more likely to have…

When Shraddha Shah, 63 from Ahmedabad was diagnosed with bladder cancer, she was single mindedly focussed on getting through the treatment and getting better.  But the biggest challenge was yet to come. Read on to appreciate her journey and challenges.    The Diagnosis The year was 2014. I work from home as an Aromatherapist but I had started feeling listless and didn’t want to do any work. I would shrug to get out of bed every morning and generally had low mood all day. In…

Rahul Supekar, 42 first had a kidney failure and then cancer of the intestine. He shares his travails, the lifestyle changes he has made and his advice to other patients struggling to cope with their conditions.   I was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 2005 which resulted into kidney failure in 2011. I did hemodialysis for a couple of years before I was allotted a cadaver kidney in January 2013. I thought this is end of my problems but that was the beginning. One of the anti-…

A handy list of resources for living with the coronavirus and managing your chronic conditions. Just look for your condition below. If you don't find what you are looking for, please leave a comment and we will get back to you.     We must live with Covid-19 pandemic for a while. For people with chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, rheumatic conditions, pulmonary conditions, it is even more essential to manage these conditions better. For e.g. a…

As we near the two month mark of this lockdown in India, the issues that dialysis and transplant patients face continue. Dr Rahul Kohli, Nephrologist, SPS Hospitals, Chandigarh answers patient’s questions in a live webinar held on 30th of May. To listen to the entire webinar in Hindi and English, click on the video link below. 1.   Can dialysis patients reduce their dialysis frequency? Many patients have asked if they can reduce their dialysis from 3 times a week to twice or just once…