HealthMap

Kidneys - connections

Kidneys ->

• Contains: Zinc (Concentration: larger; Reserve: no)
• Controls: Sodium concentration, Water balance (Mechanism: interplay with hormones)
• Eliminates: Radioactive iodine (Amount: about 1%; Modality: may still be absorbed)
• Excretes: Potassium (Amount: excessive; Manner: readily; Population: healthy individuals)
• Excretes: Phosphates (Condition: blood levels rise)
• Excretes: Phosphates (Condition: dietary phosphate intake low; Amount: less)
• Excretes: Sodium (Condition: dietary sodium intake high; Speed: rapidly)
• Filters: Chlorine gas (Amount: partly; Counterfactual: would)
• Produces: Erythropoietin
• Regulates: Nickel (Process: retention; Process scope: elimination)
• Releases: Renin (Condition: sodium level drops)

-> Kidneys

• One-sided diets - Affects (Degree: very; Manner: differently)
• Specific drugs - Affects (Duration: long-term; Modality: can; Manner: differently)
• Theobromine - Affects (Population: domestic_animals; Polarity: harmful)
• Kidney stones - Affects (Quantity: hundreds or thousands; Laterality: one only; Frequency: not unusual)
• Chlorine gas - Bypasses (Route: inhaled; Timing: subsequently)
• Aldosterone - Causes (Effect: increased sodium reabsorption)
• Sodium ascorbate - Requires (Condition: ability to handle extra sodium)

Phosphate - connections

Phosphate ->

• Increases Requirement For: Calcium (Level: high; Modal: may)
• Prevents: Prostate cancer (Level: normal; Importance: important; Purpose: prevention)

-> Phosphate

• Sodium - Balances Charge Of (Charge: negative)
• Kidney diseases, Poor diet - Increases (Level: high)
• Prostate cancer - Presents With (Level: elevated)

Phosphate source - connections

-> Phosphate source

• Blood Type O - Should Limit (Condition: aging-related chemical changes; Certainty: may; Amount: reduced)