Risk’s for Kidney Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- Diabetes
- Age over 55
- Cardiovascular Disease
- A Family History of Chronic Kidney Disease
If you have any of these risk factors, ask your doctor to test to see whether your kidneys are okay. These tests are simple and taken from small samples of blood and urine.
Early detection of kidney disease is a good start to preventing or slowing down the progression of further kidney damage.