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Thea Bakkar- Ten Surprising Facts Everyone Should Know About Kidney Disease
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/07/2014 - 14:36
- About 13 percent of U.S. adults have CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease)
- The leading causes of CKD are diabetes and high blood pressure
- Most people are born with two kidneys, but you only need one functioning kidney to live a full, healthy life
- CKD progresses in stages and, if untreated, can lead to complete loss of kidney function
- The progression of CKD can often be slowed, but many people do not have symptoms early in the disease
- CKD affects people of all ages. However, those 60 and over are the most likely to develop CKD
- Certain ethnic groups, including African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, are more likely than Caucasians to develop CKD
- About 430,000 Americans with kidney failure rely on regular blood-filtering dialysis treatments to survive
- Although most patients receive dialysis treatments in a clinic three days a week, a growing number (nearly 40,000 U.S. patients in 2013) undergo dialysis in the comfort of their own homes
- More than 90,000 U.S. patients are waiting for kidney transplants, but only about 18,000 of those will get a kidney transplant each year
Source: Fresenius Medical Care
Source URL: http://newsroom.fmcna.com/press-release/ten-surprising-facts...
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