30/06/2023
🛑 Today is the culmination of the National Kidney Month.
🛑 The Philippine National Kidney Month is held every June by virtue of a Presidential Decree, it is an important annual event for raising awareness of the risks of kidney disease, encouraging early diagnosis, and promoting healthy lifestyle habits to prevent and manage the condition.
✋🏿 Prevention of Kidney Disease
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PRIMARY PREVENTION (you still don’t have the disease)
❌ Avoid getting type 2 diabetes and hypertension, these are lifestyle associated diseases and leading causes of Chronic Kidney Disease.
✅ Have your kidneys checked if you’re at risk for kidney diseases.
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SECONDARY PREVENTION
(kidney disease is already present)
✅ Regular follow up with your nephrologist, following the right diet, taking the right medications to DELAY progression of Kidney Disease.
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TERTIARY PREVENTION (End stage kidney disease, point of no return)
✅ To have good quality of life and for longevity….. right diet, compliance to medications and adherence to renal replacement therapy (dialysis) or having a kidney transplant are necessary.