Waist care

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a lifelong disease and may bring a very negative impression on the quality of life of the patient. In addition to restricting daily activities, chronic stage patients are not only forced to swallow the cure and keep the daily food, in fact they also depend entirely on the dialysis machine to continue living.

Unfortunately, the number of pesawat subscribers in this country is increasing every year. In fact, Malaysia is also known for sure among the most crowded state of the world's kidney patients due to the unhealthy lifestyle practices of the population, especially unbalanced food intake.

President of the Malaysian Nephrology Union (MSN) Prof Dr Goh Bak Leong said there are approximately 2.5 million Malaysians suffering from kidney disease.

"The number is seen increasingly considerate as it increases each year. End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have several treatment options such as organ transplantation, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

"CKD is also considered silent killer because disease progression to the final stage shows no symptoms. Education is, therefore, the key to preventing this illness following most people especially among young people underestimating the interest of keeping their own kidneys.

"By choosing peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy, patients are still allowed to work and live a somewhat more active lifestyle," he said when met at Life Bromter's recommendation of Uninterrupted Advocacy with support from the Malaysian Nephrology Union (MSN) in Petaling Jaya recently.

In a related contest, an exhibition of amazing artworks of seven talented local painters with themes devoted to the therapeutic aspects of choice such as PD enabled the patient to become more self-sufficient, subsequently reducing the impression of the kidneys disease over their lives compared to the conventional treatment of hemodialysis ( CHD).

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Office and Expert Runding Nephrology Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar, Dr. Lily Mushahar explains there are more 100 per cent increase in the number of new kidney patients in Malaysia since 10 years of this.

"As far as 2015, chronic kidney disease is among the top 10 causes of death in Malaysia, with a very high increase of 19.1 per cent since 10 years ago. This balance of statistics demonstrates the importance of increasing awareness of the disease and adding to the knowledge of treatment options that provide people with an easier and undisturbed lifestyle transference, "he said.

Also present, Baxter Executive Board George Kazzi.