Kidney Disease: What You Can Do.
Kidney Health Care - David Mangusan Jr., PTRP
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What you can do.
If you are in the early stages of renal or kidney disease, you may be able to save your remaining kidney function for many years by
controlling your blood glucose
controlling your blood pressure
following a low-protein diet
maintaining healthy levels of cholesterol in your blood
taking an ACE inhibitor or an ARB
quitting smoking
References:
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (2007). Your Kidneys and How They Work. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Publication No. 07–3195, August 2007
U.S. Renal Data System (2006). National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD.
National Kidney Disease Education Program (2005). Kidney Disease Information. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
