What is kidney shrinkage? Its symptoms, causes, and Ayurvedic treatment
Kidney shrinkage is also termed renal atrophy in which the size of kidneys gets shrunk from their original position. Normal kidneys are about the size of our first which is around 10 to 12cm. Kidney shrinkage can majorly occur for two basic reasons the first is that the kidneys might not fully develop from birth making a small kidney. The second one happens after birth, which occurs in one or both kidneys. Kidney atrophy mainly occurs due to low blood supply to the kidneys or loss of nephrons which are the important working units of the kidneys. According to reports, the estimated prevalence of CKD in India is around 0.785% where kidney shrinkage problem is commonly reported. But, this could be just the tip of an iceberg there could be more people suffering from CKD who are still undiagnosed. What are the symptoms of kidney atrophy? At the early stages of kidney atrophy, you might not notice any apparent signs or symptoms and might not realize anything wrong is going on inside yo...