kidney
Hi guy just wondering what you think. My mate smokes about an Oz a week and he went to the dr's to get his test and was told weed is fucking his kidney up and he must stop smoking weed. I don't know what to make of this.he has a sponge type kidney anyway .I don't know what he means by that.but he's knocked weed on the head as he's scared probably.but surly weed would not be making his problem worse ?. He do smoke with tobacco ?. Any drs in the house ,so I can put his mind at rest .thank you
He don't drink
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PixieD
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<p> get some rso in him cure his kidneys an get high same time its the smoke that kills 1. </p>
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NewToMC
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<p> Kidneys can be affects by nicotine, I would tell him to ditch the baccy and smoke pure or vape </p> <p> </p> <p> an ounce a week with baccy?, that's a lot of baccy </p> <p> </p> <p> also tell him to see another doc if he can </p>
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<p> I have battered cannabis on a daily basis for 40 years and I brag about how healthy I am because of it </p>
NordicLoud
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<p> doctors are like plumbers- there are good ones and bad ones, and downright chancers too. </p>
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NewToMC
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<p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:18px;font-weight:300;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> A new study found little evidence that marijuana use affects kidney function in healthy young adults. The analysis appears in an upcoming issue of the<em>Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology</em>(CJASN). </p> <div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;"> Because marijuana is becoming increasingly accepted in the United States, there is a critical need for studies examining its risks and benefits. Regarding kidney health, animal studies suggest that marijuana might affect kidney function, <strong>but data in humans are limited.</strong> </p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;"> In the first study of its kind, Julie Ishida, MD, MAS (University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Center) and her colleagues examined the potential links between marijuana use and kidney function in healthy young adults. Their analysis included data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, which contained repeated assessments of marijuana use and kidney outcomes. </p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;"> <strong>The team found that at the start of the study, individuals with higher marijuana use had lower kidney function. Upon follow-up, however, marijuana use was not associated with change in kidney function over time or the appearance of albumin in the urine, which is a sign of kidney damage.</strong> </p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;"> "<strong>Results from our observational study in young adults with normal kidney function may not translate into a clinically meaningful difference and may be insufficient to inform decision-making concerning marijuana use; however, it is possible that the association between marijuana use and kidney function could be different in other populations such as older adults or patients with kidney disease, so additional research is needed,"</strong> said Dr. Ishida. </p> </div> <p> make of that what you will - some further reading suggests that studies may have found that people with dodgy kidneys may suffer as a result of using weed, but as in most things cannabis related not a of studies have been carried out as yet. </p> <p> </p> <p> what appears to be well known is tobacco's effect on the kidneys. <s>in short tell you mate to take up meth. </s> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
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<p> I firmly believe that a lot of doctors are ready to blame weed for all sorts of things if they think they can get away with it. If you tell them you smoke a lot of weed and they don't know what's wrong with you, then....it's gotta be the weed aint it. It's like they will always tell a heavy smoker or a heavy drinker to stop before they even start trying to see what's wrong with them. Sure, weed may not be the best thing to do to yourself but so what. Saying all this I don't understand why his kidney should play up because of weed. I am fairly sure that is complete and total bullshit. Tell your friend to keep toking but give up the baccy. </p>