6 Most Common Myths about Kidney Disease

 

Myth 1: Kidney disease is a rare disease.
You might be surprised to know that quite a lot of people with kidney disease in Indonesia. At the end of 2015 there were around 96 thousand patients with chronic kidney disease stage five.

WHO says 54 percent of the cause of death in Indonesia is due to chronic illness,

and kidney disease is a disease that number is increasing every year.

High blood pressure, diabetes, a family history of kidney failure, aged above 60 years, are factors that increase a person's risk of kidney disease.

Myth 2: You'll know if you have kidney disease.
Unfortunately, most people with kidney disease, do not know the disease early on. Because in the early stages of kidney disease, most people do not have any symptoms.

Symptoms may not appear until kidney disease reaches an advanced stage. The best way to tell if you have kidney disease is to see a doctor.

Myth 3: Testing for kidney disease is a long and costly process.
Testing for the presence or absence of kidney disease, are relatively inexpensive. The test can be done in two simple ways, namely through a urine test to determine levels of your protein and a blood test to estimate GFR (glomerular filtration rate).

Figures GFR will tell how well your kidneys are working.

Myth 4: If you have kidney disease risk, there's nothing you can do to prevent it.

Not all people at risk will suffer from kidney disease. You can protect the kidneys with a healthy and natural way of eating, exercising regularly, controlling blood pressure and blood sugar, maintain a healthy weight, stop smoking, and do not consume excessive drug queried.

All these steps will help you keep the kidney, in order to stay healthy and reduce the risk of kidney disease.

Myth 5: No one knows what causes kidney disease.

Two of the most common causes of kidney disease are diabetes and high blood pressure. Both can harm your kidneys by causing damage to the small blood vessels in the kidneys. Many other conditions can harm the kidneys, for example:

- Heart disease
- Glomerulonephritis, a disease that causes inflammation of the kidneys
- Polycystic kidney disease, which led to the formation of cysts in the kidneys

Myth 6: The only treatment is dialysis for kidney disease.

Not all people with kidney disease need dialysis. Kidney disease is a progressive disease. In the early stages, it usually has to be managed with regular exercise, a healthy diet and natural, as well as drugs from the doctor.

With this approach, most people can slow or stop the progression of renal disease and enjoy a normal lifestyle. That's why it's so important to find and treat kidney disease early.

Dialysis or a kidney transplant is only necessary if your kidney disease gets worse and progress to renal failure.

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