Commemorating World Kidney Day, Call For Healthyness Of Your Kidney Invites People To Detection Early

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JAKARTA - World Kidney Day is celebrated on Thursday the second week of March every tabulation. This year, World Kidney Day falls on March 13, 2024, with the theme 'Is Your Kidney Healthy?', which invites people to detect kidney conditions.

Early detection of kidney conditions is essential to avoid chronic kidney disease (PKG), which causes dialysis or dialysis and kidney transplantation. PKG is currently still a global challenge, which is estimated to be more than 800 million people in the world or more than 10 percent of the global population suffering from PKG.

In 2040, PKG is expected to be the fifth most cause of death globally. This increase is exacerbated by the number of patients realizing that they have PKG after reaching the advanced stage. In fact, this disease can actually be prevented if it is detected quickly.

Many patients only know their condition when their kidneys have suffered significant damage (stage 4-5). Even though if they are detected and treated earlier, the risk of progression to kidney failure can be reduced," said the Internal Medicine Specialist for Kidney and Hypertension Consultants, dr. Tunggul D. Situmorang, Sp.PD-KGH, at the Bayer event Invites People to Save Gunjal, Starting Early Detection, in Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, March 13, 2025.

"In fact, up to 80 percent of PKG cases can actually be prevented or at least slowed down with the right intervention," he added.

Doctor Tunggul said that to maintain marginal health in an easy and simple way is by examining urine (UACR) and blood (ureum, kreatinin). Laboratory examination of blood content levels and urine albumin-creatin ratio (UACR) is an important effort to detect PKG from an early age.

Not only that, but Doctor Tunggul also said that an approach with treatment is also needed to prevent PKG. Treatment can control various risk factors that can increase the occurrence of PKG.

"In addition to early detection, a comprehensive treatment approach is also needed to prevent PKG. The standard PGK treatment is controlling risk factors or the causes include diet or food intake (metabolic) and blood pressure control (hemodynamic). Technological developments in the health sector have presented various innovative solutions that can slow down PG progression," explained Doctor Tunggul.