Kidneys are part of the body that have vital function for humans. Kidneys are excretion organ with shaped like a peanut. As part of the urinary system, kidney function filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and threw it together with water in the form of urine. In normal humans, there is a pair of kidneys are located behind the stomach, or abdomen. The kidneys are located on the right and left spine, below the liver and spleen.

Kidney disease is a disease in which kidney function has decreased until finally no longer able to work at all in terms of filtering the disposal of the body electrolytes, maintain fluid balance and body chemicals such as sodium and potassium in the blood or urine production.

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Schizophrenia usually first appears in a person during their late teens or throughout their twenties. It affects more men than women, and is considered a life-long condition which rarely is “cured,” but rather treated. The primary treatment for schizophrenia and similar thought disorders is medication. Unfortunately, compliance with a medication regimen is often one of the largest problems associated with the ongoing treatment of schizophrenia. Because people who live with this disorder often go off of their medication during periods throughout their lives, the repercussions of this loss of treatment are acutely felt not only by the individual, but by their family and friends as well.

Successful treatment of schizophrenia, therefore, depends upon a life-long regimen of both drug and psychosocial, support therapies. While the medication helps control the psychosis associated with schizophrenia (e.g., the delusions and hallucinations), it cannot help the person find a job, learn to be effective in social relationships, increase the individual’s coping skills, and help them learn to communicate and work well with others. Poverty, homelessness, and unemployment are often associated with this disorder, but they don’t have to be. If the individual finds appropriate treatment and sticks with it, a person with schizophrenia can lead a happy and successful life. But the initial recovery from the first symptoms of schizophrenia can be an extremely lonely experience. Individuals coping with the onset of schizophrenia for the first time in their lives require all the support that their families, friends, and communities can provide.

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