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The two leading causes of kidney disease
Kidney Disease Education — Diabetes and high blood pressure can damage your kidneys and lead to kidney disease. The only way to know if you have kidney disease is to get checked. Kidney disease does not go away. It may get worse over time and can lead to kidney failure. If ...More…
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What African Americans Need To Know
Kidney Disease Education — If you have diabetes or high blood pressure, ask about your kidneys at your next doctor's appointment. Both of these conditions can damage your kidneys and lead to kidney disease. Kidney disease from diabetes or high blood pressure does not go ...More…
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About Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease Education — Overview of kidney disease from the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP). This section contains basic information about chronic kidney disease, a type of kidney disease most commonly caused by diabetes and high blood ...More…
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National Kidney Month - NKDEP
Kidney Disease Education — Early kidney disease has no symptoms. Most people don't know something is wrong until their kidneys are about to fail. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to get tested. Simple blood and urine tests are used to detect kidney ...More…
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Why should my family know about kidney disease?
Kidney Disease Education — Information from NKDEP to help you talk to your family about kidney disease. Even if only one person in a family has kidney failure, all blood relatives should be tested for kidney disease. With early treatment, kidney disease can be slowed and ...More…
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Are You At Risk For Kidney Disease?
Kidney Disease Education — Information from NKDEP to help you talk to your doctor about kidney disease. Did your mother, father, sister, or brother have kidney failure? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you are at risk for kidney disease. Now is the time to ...More…
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About Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease Education — Overview of kidney disease from the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP). This section contains basic information about chronic kidney disease, a type of kidney disease most commonly caused by diabetes and high blood ...More…
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Kidney Disease: Are You at Risk?
Kidney Disease Education — The National Kidney Disease Education Program raises awareness of kidney disease, the importance of kidney disease testing, and the availability of treatment to prevent or slow kidney failure. You are at risk for kidney disease if you have ...More…
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Make Health a Family Reunion Affair: The Family Reunion ...
Kidney Disease Education — NKDEP is encouraging African Americans to talk about the connection between diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney disease at family reunions this summer. Family reunions are fun and give relatives plenty of time to talk about old times, honor ...More…
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African Americans and Kidney Disease Fact Sheet
Kidney Disease Education — Fact sheet on African-Americans and kidney disease, from NKDEP. African Americans are nearly four times more likely than Caucasians to develop kidney failure,1 which requires dialysis or a kidney transplant. An NKDEP survey of African Americans ...More…