A doctor must check your blood and urine.
A doctor must check your blood and urine.
Chronic kidney disease is a common medical condition where your kidneys do not work as they should. Roughly 1 in 7 adults in the Untied States are affected by chronic kidney disease. In fact, nearly 90% of adults with CKD are unaware that they have disease
Kidney Disease in The District of Columbia
Home Dialysis patients can dialyze from the comfort of home, giving them better control of their treatment scheduled, more time for themselves, their, their jobs and that activities they enjoyed before starting dialysis.
COVID-19 causes Acute Kidney Injury (AKI - where your kidney function worsens but has the ability to correct itself.
Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. It is a deadly disease that causes kidney failure, stroke and heart attack. Hypertension kills more people than any other condition, approximately 10 million people die each year.
PD is a needle-free treatment that you can perform at home during the day or even at night while you sleep by using the lining of the abdomen to filter waste from the blood.
Did you know that 8% of the United States population has a form of kidney disease. Do you have it? Did you have your yearly lab work done this year ?