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Making the Kidney Connection:
It’s a Family Affair
Kidney disease is probably the last thing on your mind if you suffer from diabetes or high blood pressure, but did you know that both diseases are the two leading causes of kidney disease?
The National Kidney Disease Education Program’s Family Reunion Initiative raises awareness about kidney disease and provides African-American families with a Family Reunion Health Guide to help introduce kidney health conversations and activities at family reunions nationwide.
This easy-to-use Health Guide is FREE and can be downloaded at, www.nkdep.nih.gov/familyreunion/index.htm. Get yours today and make your family reunion a healthier one!
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Brought to you by The National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), an initiative of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Kidney health Tips for the Whole Family
Discussions about diabetes and high blood pressure are pretty common in African-American families; we’ve all heard about the symptoms and affects.
While both diseases are serious to one’s health, often kidney disease is left out of the discussion.
According to NKDEP, more than 70 percent of kidney failure cases are caused by diabetes and high blood pressure.
Because African Americans suffer disproportionately from both diseases, it’s imperative to stay healthy and regulate diabetes and high blood pressure to prevent kidney disease.
To help you and your loved ones maintain your kidney health, NKDEP has five health tips to help prevent kidney disease.
Tip 1: Keep your blood pressure below 130/180 mmHg
Tip 2: Keep blood glucose and blood cholesterol in the target range
Tip 3: Eat healthy and cut back on salt
Tip 4: Stay physically active
Tip 5: Do not smoke
These tips will help you and your family maintain a healthy life.
If you think you are at risk for kidney disease, NKDEP encourages you to get tested. Get a blood test that measures how well your kidneys are working. And get a urine test to measure the amount of protein in your urine – when your kidneys are damaged, protein leaks into the urine.
Early disease has no symptoms, so the sooner you know you have kidney disease, the sooner you can start treatment to slow the progression which can prevent or delay kidney failure.
To learn more about kidney disease risk factors, prevention and treatment, please visit http://www.nkdep.nih.gov or http://www2.niddk.nih.gov.
