Kidney Disease and Its Care: The Hidden Costs of an Unhealthy Lifestyle
Introduction In the new world where fast food, stress and sedentary lifestyle have silently become the order of things, kidney disease is taking shape as one of the most threatening but least taken seriously health hazards of the day. These two fist-sized kidneys are organs that are arranged neatly under the rib cage and they tirelessly strain to clean the blood, eliminate toxins, balance blood pressure and the entire internal balance. However, even in spite of their importance, we tend to neglect them until they start failing. The most frightening aspect of kidney disease is that it does not manifest itself at an early stage. When the warning signs are noticed, considerable and even irredeemable damage has perhaps occurred. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a scourge in the world today especially when it is associated with the lifestyle habits that can be avoided through proper diet intake, physical inactivity, smoking habits, uncontrolled diabetes, and high blood pressure...