We think that the quest to stop kidney disease begins with your inquiry to your PCP on “How are my kidneys?” at your annual checkup. Too many times, your referral here is A) a big surprise to you and B) way too late to do much about it. A big myth is that there is little that can be done about kidney disease once it begins or “it runs in my family”. Much can be done by early diagnosis, or even awareness that you are at high risk to developed it. We can teach you things your kidneys like and tell you medications we ourselves would never take because they can hurt kidneys(at least I wouldn’t take them chronically). Do you know what they are?
There are medications that can protect you from development of kidney disease in certain chronic conditions, or slow the progression if it has already occurred. Click title to watch this Duke nephrologist educate primary doctors. You will know what to ask next time you see your doctor, even if you have perfectly healthy kidneys right now. No one appreciates the little suckers until someone tells you they are not working at full capacity. Then you are all ears, but by then it maybe too late.
