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“More and more” Nevisians presenting with Kidney failure

Nevis’ Minister of Health, the Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams.

 

Kidney failure also called End-stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) or End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is the fifth and last stage of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

 

Kidney failure cannot be reversed and is life-threatening if left untreated.

 

However, Dialysis or a Kidney Transplant can help a person live for many more years.

 

Dialysis is a treatment to clean your blood when your kidneys are not able to.

 

It can only do 10-15% of what a normal kidney does, according to kidneyfund.org.

 

Minister Brandy-Williams gave this recommendation to avoid ESKD:

 

Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams.