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Tips to prevent and manage
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

What you can do to help manage your CKD:

• Control your blood sugar, especially, if you have diabetes.
• Keep a healthy blood pressure.
• Follow a low-salt, low-fat diet.
• Exercise at least 30 minutes on most days of the week.
• Keep a healthy weight.
• Do not smoke or use tobacco.
• Limit alcohol.
• Talk to your doctor about medicines that can help protect your kidneys.

High salt intake, fat consumption, smoking and alcohol use are just a few factors that wreak havoc in your health and can put you at risk for Chronic Kidney Disease. Keeping this list mindful can help lower or even prevent your risks for CKD.

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Who is at risk for CKD?

Some may have higher risk than others, however, having the following increases your risk for CKD:

• Diabetes
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Heart disease
• Having a family member with kidney disease
• Being African-American, Hispanic, Native American or Asian
• Being over 60 years old

DOWNLOAD + PRINT: Kidney Health Tracker (PDF)

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Transplant & Dialysis Centers

We partner with all dialysis and kidney transplant centers that our Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and dialysis patients prefers to go.



RESOURCES:

• The American Society of Transplantation
• Getting A New Kidney - Facts About Kidney Transplants