CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) means a condition that damages one’s kidneys. It decreases kidneys’ ability to keep one healthy by doing their functions.

CKD is a common, life-threatening illness that often goes undetected until very advanced. CKD may progress slowly over a long time. A lot of people are not aware that they have kidney disease until it’s severe. If it’s found and treated early, CKD may often be slowed down or stopped.

The risk factors for CKD include:

• Diabetes
• High Blood Preasure
• Family history of kidney disease, diabetes or high blood preasure
• Obesity
• Kidney Stone
• Above 50 years old

Annual Health Screening is vital to check whether your kidneys are healthy. You should visit your doctor or clinic and get tested. Your checkup should include:

• Urine test for protein
  • Protein is an important building block in your body. Any filtered protein is normally reabsorbed and kept in your body. When your kidney are damaged, however, protein leaks into your urine.
  • There are different tests to check for protein in your urine. If you have two positive tests over several weeks, you are said to have persistent protein in your urine. This is a sign of CKD.

• Blood Preasure

• Blood test for glucose

• Blood test for creatinine
  • Creatinine is a waste product that comes from muscle activity.
  • Your kidneys normally remove creatinine from your blood. When your kidneys are damaged, however, your blood creatinine may build to a high level.
  • The results of your test should be used to estimate your Glomerular Filtration Rate, or GFR.
  • Your GFR tells how much kidney function you have.

Five stage of Chronic Kidney Disease:-

Stage	Description	GRF Level mL/ min
At increase risk	Risk factors for kidney disease (e.g., diabetes, high blood pressure, family history, older age)	90 or more
1	Kidney damage with normal or higher GFR	90 or more
2	Kidney damage and mild decrease in GFR	60 to 89
3	Moderate decrease in GFR	30 to 59
4	Severe decrease in GFR	15 to 29
5	Kidney failure (dialysis or kidney transplant needed)	Less than 15