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Professional dialysis recruitment| Renal failure ranks 9th leading cause of death among Filipinos –NKTI - Philippine Information Agency |
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QUEZON CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) said renal or kidney failure ranks as the ninth leading cause of death among the Filipinos today.
The 2008 record of the National Statistics Office reflected that the number one fatal illness in the country is the disease of the heart, followed by cerebrovascular diseases, malignant neoplasm, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, chronic lower respiratory diseases, certain conditions originating in the perinatal period, nephritis, nephritic syndrome and nephrosis (relating to kidney disease), and assault. In an earlier media forum held at the Philippine Information Agency, NKTI executive director Dr. Aileen Riego-Javier said based on the Philippine Renal Disease Registry, the top causes of kidney failure in the country is diabetes (44.6 percent), followed by the high blood pressure (23 percent), and inflammation of the kidneys (19.3 percent). Dr. Javier said about 120 Filipinos per million population develop kidney failure. This implies that an estimated 10,000 Filipinos need to replace their kidney function each year. Only around 86 percent, however, could undergo dialysis, while about 14 percent could afford transplantation, because these treatments are quite expensive. Without dialysis or kidney transplantation, patients with kidney failure (or those at End Stage Renal Disease or ESRD) die, according to the NKTI official. “Of those who start dialysis, majority survive only about one and a half years due to cardiovascular disease that increases with renal failure,” added Dr. Antonio R. Paraiso, NKTI’s Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP) manager. In line with the celebration of the National Kidney Month this June, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 1184, NKTI invites everyone to keep oneself aware of his or her kidney condition and to detect early development of renal disease by having a yearly urinalysis as well as maintenance of normal blood sugar levels and blood pressure to prevent or delay development of kidney problems that usually lead to ESRD. Dr. Javier said the NKTI offers healthcare for patients with kidney and urologic diseases, kidney failure and kidney transplantation, with improved services and laboratory facilities. As part of the community service of NKTI this Kidney Month, first 50 patients will be served a free kidney check-up on each Friday of June, starting today. (NKTI/PCCC/PIA-Central)
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