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World kidney day is a global campaign focusing on increasing awareness of kidney problem. It is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March and this year, the world kidney day will be on 14 March 2013. On this special day, what can we do for our kidneys?
1. If you are a diabetic or a patient of hypertension, please remember to have a check about your kidney function.
Diabetes and hypertension are the two leading causes of chronic kidney problem. Generally, the longer time you suffer from high blood pressure or high blood sugar, the higher of your risk to develop kidney problem. Therefore, remember to have a check about your kidney condition on world kidney day.
2. Follow low-salt diet
Slat is rich in sodium which is the necessary substance of our body. When a kidney disease patient ingests too much salt, there will be high levels of sodium, which not only elevates blood pressure, but also result in swelling symptom. Besides, high-salt diet will increase kidney burden. Therefore, following a low-salt diet is very helpful for protecting our kidneys.
3. Popularize the knowledge of kidney disease
Kidney plays an important role for a normal life. It helps to discharge excessive fluids and wastes, help to adjust blood pressure, keep balance of electrolyte and acid-base and so on. Without healthy kidneys, we will suffer from various symptoms like elevated blood pressure, itching skin, fatigue, swollen body, bubbly urine, blood urine, frequent urination at night and decreased urine output and so on. Learning the basic symptoms of kidney problem enable us to have a high awareness about kidney disease.
The remission of world kidney day is to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health ad to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease. Therefore, it is necessary for us to take some actions to do something for our kidneys on this special day.
