World kidney day is celebrated all over the world on second of Thursday in the month of March. The aim of the day is to raise the public awareness about the kidneys importance & its contribution to the overall health. First time World Kidney Day celebration was started in the year 2006.
Objectives of celebrating World Kidney Day:
World Kidney Day is celebrated to highlight the kidney problems related to the common health diseases like Diabetes, High BP which may lead to kidney problems like Chronic Kidney Disease and also to encourage the common public through screening of all patients who are suffering from Diabetes or Hypertension.
The Kidney day also aims to encourage the people for early detection and prevention methods of the kidney problems to reduce the further complication & death from chronic renal failure.
Golden rules for better kidney prevention
1. Physical exercises help in reducing BP & thus reduce the risk of developing chronic kidney disease.
2. Maintaining the normal blood sugar levels as high blood sugar level lead to diabetes & thus kidney damage. This can be done by regular usage of medications, tests & checkup of kidney functions, like serum creatinine.
3. Regular monitoring of blood pressure as high BP leads to the heart attack or stroke thus kidney damage.
4. Eating healthy & maintaining normal weight as overweight & unhealthy eating habit lead to the diabetes, heart disease and Chronic Kidney Disease. Reduce salt intake & limit the intake processed foods.
5. Normal fluid intake as it helps kidneys to filter out sodium, urea and other body toxins.
6. Avoid smoking or getting in contact with smoking person
7. Avoid intake of Over the Counter pills, like pain killers (DICLOFENAC) which may lead to kidneys damage.
8. Proper & regular checkup of kidney functions.
Symptoms of kidney problems:
Most people never show symptoms until the Kidney disease gets advance however, some of the symptoms like swollen ankles, legs, fatigue, early tiredness, low appetite, occurrence of blood in urine needs to evaluated with simple tests like urine examination, serum creatinine and blood sugar levels to identify kidney problems.
About the Author:
Dr Ravi Sarvi, is a Nephrologist & Renal Transplant consultant, KLEs Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Belagavi
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