Risk factors we can not control:
● Age: With the increase of our age, our kidneys become older and older, and by age 80, most of us will have lost about thirty percent of our kidney functions. Therefore, compared with young, older people are more likely to get Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD). In addition, according to the survey, our kidney begins to get smaller at about age 35.
● Race: African-American and Native Americans are at higher risk of getting CKD than others.
● Gender: Unlike female, male is more likely to develop CKD.
● Family history: Family factor is an important factor in developing of both Diabetes and Hypertension which are the two leading factors of CKD. Polycystic Kidney Disease, a common CKD, is one of several inherited kidney diseases.
Risk factors we can bring under control.
● Hypertension: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) can cause elevated blood pressure; conversely, high blood pressure(High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease) also can cause CKD. Therefore, people with Hypertension should control their blood pressure actively.
● Diabetes: High level of blood glucose can give rise to damages to blood vessels and over time, CKD can be caused, so control of blood sugar will help to lower the risk of develop Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
● Dietary habits: Eating foods which are low in protein and fat may help to reduce your risk for CKD. In addition, salty foods will increase the morbidity of high blood pressure and thus cause CKD. Therefore, try to eat less salty foods also is necessary.
● Medicine abuse: Some medicines are toxic to our kidneys, so medicine abuse will increase the risk for CKD. As to these medicines which are harmful to our kidneys, if we need to take them, then we should get the administration or direction of doctors.
These we mentioned above are the general risk factors for CKD. Some of them are inevitable and some of them can be avoided by doing some things. For inevitable factors, we can do nothing, but for the changeable risk factors, we should adopt some measures to avoid them. If you want to know the solutions aimed at the changeable factors, you can leave messages to me or consult our consultant online.
