12/03/2026
Today is World 🌎 Kidney Day and Port Kennedy Pharmacy wants to remind you to keep up to date with your kidney health! 🩺
Kidney disease often develops silently, so many people don’t notice symptoms until significant damage (up to 90% in some cases) has occurred! If allowed to progress, it may eventually lead to kidney failure, requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant.🏥
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects about 1 in 10 people worldwide and about 14.2% of Australians. Luckily, CKD is mostly preventable because many of its risk factors are modifiable. ⭐️
Risk factors include diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease (CVD), a family history of kidney failure and/or a history of acute kidney injury, having a BMI of 30 or higher, past/current smoking 🚬 and/or va**ng, older age (over 60) 🧓🏼, and being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background. (Kidney Health Australia 2024)