(P-O-P-S) Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing problem in the United States. Some 20 million Americans with reduced kidney function are at increased risk for kidney failure and cardiovascular disease, according to the National Kidney Foundation. True or False
•African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic
Americans have higher rates of CKD than white Americans. If you belong
to one of these high-risk groups and have any of the other risk factors
for CKD, you should have your kidney function checked. True or False
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A single healthy kidney can adapt
to perform the work of two kidneys |
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While dialysis is one way to lengthen the life of a person with kidney
failure, the average dialysis patient spends at least 15 hours a week
hooked up to a dialyzer to cleanse their blood of dangerous toxins.
True or False
• While the miracle of kidney transplant is
50 years old, currently more than 50,000 patients are awaiting kidney
transplants in the U.S. Fewer than 20% of those waiting receive
a cadaveric kidney each year. True or False • Increasingly, family and friends of patients with failed kidneys are donating a kidney to ensure quality of life for another human being. Of the 14,000 kidney transplants performed in the U.S. in 2004, almost half were from living donors. True or False |
• If you are an altruistic donor with an A+ or O
blood type, please contact me at myrnapops@aol.com
to try and arrange a kidney evaluation and the possibility of your donating
a kidney. Your beneficence will result in my eternal gratitude and other
legal rewards. True or False
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Answers: If you chose True for every statement, you are extremely savvy about kidney problems and their solutions.
