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Dr. John K. Maesaka
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist)
Dr. John Maesaka is a nephrologist practicing in Mineola, New York. Dr. Maesaka specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Maesaka most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Dr. John Maesaka
- Mineola, New York
- Boston University
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Can low sodium affect my kidneys?
The low sodium should not directly affect your kidneys but the dehydration raises some complicated questions. It is difficult to determine dehydration but if you are truly dehydrated READ MORE
The low sodium should not directly affect your kidneys but the dehydration raises some complicated questions. It is difficult to determine dehydration but if you are truly dehydrated then it might affect kidney function that can be reversed. There is a question of whether you have an outmoded term called cerebral salt eating or more appropriately renal salt wasting. Treatment is to give salt water. Be careful of diagnosis of SIADH that is more commonly diagnosed but are fluid restricted because they have too much water in their body.
You could also be dehydrated with normal kidneys where treatment is to five salt water. In the end there should not be any damage to your kidneys, just increase your salt and water intake if you are truly dehydrated
You could also be dehydrated with normal kidneys where treatment is to five salt water. In the end there should not be any damage to your kidneys, just increase your salt and water intake if you are truly dehydrated
