LIFESTYLE NEWS - There are a number of symptoms associated with kidney disease and in children these can include, pain in the back, side, or lower belly; burning or pain when urinating, changes in the urine colour, or wettings pants; unexplained fever; becomes dehydrated often.
Unfortunately kidney problems in children may often be missed due to the fact that the symptoms are quite nonspecific. In childhood, hereditary conditions are the most common cause of kidney failure.
The good news though is that kidney disease can be detected by a simple urine test and a blood test to measure the level of creatinine in your blood.
On World Kidney Day, Life Renal Dialysis will be offering various educational activities to help communities better understand their kidneys and learn how to reduce the risks.
Doctors Johann Viljoen and Hannes Coetser, physicians at Life Knysna Private Hospital endorse the World Kidney Day initiative which encourages education, early detection and a healthy lifestyle in children, starting at birth and continuing through to old age, to combat the increase of preventable kidney damage to treat children with inborn and acquired disorders of the kidney.
Life Renal Dialysis is a specialised healthcare service providing acute and chronic renal dialysis for patients at 19 renal dialysis units across South Africa. These specialised services assist patients with renal failure who require out-patient based chronic renal dialysis or home based peritoneal dialysis; or acute renal dialysis in hospital.
Life Knysna Private Hospital Renal Dialysis unit offers state of the art dialysis machines and equipment that can perform different modalities of dialysis and while this is reassuring for our patients, our first priority is to help educate patients about what they will be going through and ensure that they receive the best possible care at all times.
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