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Keep Your Kidneys Healthy

The number one cause of kidney disease is diabetes. Understanding this connection is the first step to helping avoid kidney problems. Kidney disease affects one in seven adults in the U.S.

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Know Your Risk for CKD

If you are living with diabetes, you are at higher risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). CKD is a serious condition, and its early stages have symptoms that are so mild you don’t notice them. You can find out if you have CKD early by getting checked at your regular health care visits. If you find out you have CKD, you’ll work with your health care team to create a treatment plan to stay healthy.

Knowing your risk and getting tested for CKD are important steps to protect your kidney health.

Why Kidney Screenings Matter

Your kidneys help filter waste from your blood. Over time, high blood glucose (blood sugar) and high blood pressure can damage your kidneys. Because CKD often develops without symptoms you can notice, getting checked for it regularly is the best way to find out about kidney problems early. This way, you can start a treatment plan as early as possible to protect your kidney health.

Kidney Health Tests

Your kidney health is checked with two simple tests that you can get during your regular health care visits:

Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR). This urine test checks for albumin, a type of protein that can leak into your urine when kidneys are damaged. Even small amounts of albumin may be an early sign of kidney disease.

Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). This blood test measures creatinine in your blood to see how well your kidneys filter waste. This helps you know how well your kidneys are working, and if you have CKD, the stage you have.

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Understand the Leading Causes of Kidney Disease

Understand the causes and risks for and learn the answers to some common questions.

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Diabetes

Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease. High blood glucose (blood sugar) levels can damage blood vessels and lead to decreased kidney function.

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High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is the second leading cause of kidney disease. High blood pressure can hurt blood vessels and increase stress on the kidneys.

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Family History

While kidney disease isn't contagious, it can run in families. If you have a family member who has diabetes, high blood pressure, or kidney disease, you may be at risk.

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Smoking can affect blood flow and blood pressure. It increases the risk of kidney disease, especially for people with diabetes and/or high blood pressure.

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Important Diabetes Health Checks

Get more information about the numbers and goals needed to manage your diabetes so you can continue to keep your kidneys healthy.

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Simple Steps to Increase Movement

It’s best to break up longer periods of sitting with some short, fun, and simple mini exercise breaks every thirty minutes. When you’re actively preventing diabetes-related kidney problems, it’s important to keep your body strong.

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Discover new ways to be smarter about food with Diabetes Food Hub®. Find kidney-friendly recipes, a personalized grocery list, and plan meals to make sure everything you eat is helping to keep your kidneys healthy.

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How to Slow the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Diabetes and high blood pressure are the main causes for CKD. Find helpful ways to keep your kidneys healthy.

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Know the Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease

Learn more about the stages of CKD and find strategies to slow the progression of symptoms related to CKD.

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Finding out you have kidney disease can be difficult to process. But making the right choices now can help you delay further kidney problems while letting you do what you love most.

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Simplify Your Routine

There are things you can do that may help slow down kidney disease. Start by managing diabetes and making your life easier at the same time. Learn quick, easy ways to simplify your daily routine.

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Refill Meds Better

Most insurance companies cover a 90-day supply of medication. That means fewer trips to the pharmacy. Talk with your pharmacist to coordinate your meds to refill them all at once.
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