What is the umbilical cord and what does it do? The umbilical cord is the life-line that attaches the placenta to the fetus. The umbilical cord is made up of three blood vessels: two smaller arteries which carry blood to the placenta and a larger vein which returns blood to the fetus.
Bright's disease. Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by edema, the presence of albumin in the urine and was frequently accompanied by high blood pressure (hypertension) and evidence of heart disease.
Symptoms of kidney infection. A symptom is something the patient feels and reports, while a sign is something other people, such as the doctor, detect. For example, pain may be a symptom while a rash may be a sign. When someone has a kidney infection it normally develops quite fast-in a day or a few hours. The patient will typically have: 1  Diarrhea. 2  A high temperature of 38 Âºc (100.4Âºf) or above. 3  Nausea. 4  Uncontrollable shivering. 5  Vomiting. 6  Back pain.