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WHY DO KIDNEYS GET SICK? KIDNEY INFLAMMATION HYPERTENSION DIABETES High blood pressure High blood sugar DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE? CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE or CKD THESE COULD LEAD TO HOW CAN WE HELP SICK KIDNEYS FEEL BETTER? Sometimes, people are lucky to get a healthy kidney from a relative or another person (donor). OR I’M SICK I’M HEALTHY OPTION 1: TRANSPLANTATION OPTION 2: DIALYSIS THERAPY Alternatively, a therapy called ‘dialysis’ can take over most of the jobs of the kidneys. HEMODIALYSIS PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
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WHY DO KIDNEYS GET SICK? HOW CAN WE HELP SICK KIDNEYS … · HOW CAN WE HELP SICK KIDNEYS FEEL BETTER? Sometimes, people are lucky to get a healthy kidney from a relative or another

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Page 1: WHY DO KIDNEYS GET SICK? HOW CAN WE HELP SICK KIDNEYS … · HOW CAN WE HELP SICK KIDNEYS FEEL BETTER? Sometimes, people are lucky to get a healthy kidney from a relative or another

WHY DO KIDNEYS GET SICK?

KIDNEYINFLAMMATION

HYPERTENSIONDIABETES

High blood pressureHigh blood sugar

DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE?

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE or CKD

THESE COULD LEAD TO

HOW CAN WE HELP SICK KIDNEYS FEEL BETTER?

Sometimes, people are lucky to get a healthy

kidney from a relative or another person (donor).

OR

I’M SICK

I’M HEALTHY

OPTION 1: TRANSPLANTATION OPTION 2: DIALYSIS THERAPY

Alternatively, a therapy called ‘dialysis’ can take over most of the jobs

of the kidneys.

HEMODIALYSIS

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS