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FREE Kidney Screening

Did you know

The kidneys may be small (each one is about the size of a fist), but they are important and hard-working organs. Each kidney contains a million tiny filters that clean your blood and balance the chemistry of your body. They remove waste and excess water, help control your blood pressure, produce the hormone erythropoietin to make red blood cells and balance the minerals in your body.

What kidneys do

These bean-shaped organs work very hard.  Kidneys balance the body’s chemistry by cleaning the entire blood supply every 5 minutes. They filter waste products and extra water out of your body through your urine.  Those are just a couple of the many examples of what kidneys do.

What causes chronic kidney disease?

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a permanent loss of kidney function and it comes on slowly and silently over the years. But did you know that certain conditions you have now can develop into kidney disease?  Diabetes and high blood pressure are the two leading causes of chronic kidney disease as well as having a parent or sibling with diabetes, high blood pressure or kidney disease.  A CKD diagnosis means that tests have shown your kidneys are not functioning to remove wastes and extra water from your body as efficiently as they should.

Call Rebecca today @ 518-533-7883 to schedule your free screening on July 31st, at  St. Mary's Hospital, Vascular Lab  1300 Massachuesttes Ave.  Troy, NY.

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