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kidney disease can prevent or delay the fate of
developing kidney failure and the need of dialy-
sis or transplantation.

The common symptoms for late stage kidney As prevention is the key strategy to successful
disease or end-stage kidney failure are many but treatment of kidney disease, people who wish to
they are vague and therefore are not easy to pick prevent kidney disease need to live and eat well.
up. They include tiredness, low mood, leg swell- Avoidance of high sugar, high salt and high fat
ing, reduced urine, frothy urine, body odour, food with an active life style could prevent obesi-
change in skin colour, shortness of breath, ty, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, gout and
nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbance, itchiness, kidney stone and this will reduce the risks of
dry skin, reduced libido, mental alertness, kidney disease. It is also important for you to
seizure and many more. One sad thing is that seek professional health early and regularly if
many people have sought medical help too late you suspect you have kidney disease as very
in their kidney disease and there are not many often kidney disease do not have symptoms and
treatments kidney specialist could offer except if there are symptoms, they are difficult to recog-
dialysis or transplantation. nize anyway.

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Article Contributed By:
Dr Lim Choo Gee
MBBS (University Malaya), MRCP (UK),
FAMS (Nephrology, Singapore)
KPJ Klang Specialist Hospital

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