What Status of Chronic Kidney Disease in India

You are suffering with the Chronic Kidney disease or your loved ones, don’t feel you are alone Kidney disease is not so rare, even the numbers are increasing in India. There may be the couple of reason behind this growing numbers of kidney patients among us, but the scenario is that, India has developed lots of capability and infrastructure to deal with the critical chronic kidney disease.

March 14 on the occasion of World Kidney, a pioneer English magazine India Today has published brief article about, the challenges we are facing in identifying and dealing with the non-functional Kidney cases.

How many kidney dysfunctions cases registered in India on yearly bases?

India have good availability of kidney doctors but still they haven’t ever developed reliable mechanism to identify accurate the accurate numbers kidney patients and how they are growing, but some studies says around 100000 new patients add every year in this row.

This number grossly underestimates the true burden of kidney disease in our country given the inequality in access to health care between urban and rural populations, due to disparities in wealth and literacy.

Common causes that influence chronic kidney disease in India:

Diabetes and Hypertension is the two most common culprit behind kidney disease in India in both men and women. However, there are certain conditions affecting the kidneys that occur with a greater incidence in women - for example, urinary tract infections that lead to infection and scarring of the kidneys and autoimmune diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

How to find right treatment and kidney doctor?

Finding right Kidney Doctor in Delhi is not such difficult. When you’re diagnosed with early stage kidney disease, you may need to visit a kidney specialist (also called nephrologists). With just a little research, you can find the nephrologists that fit your needs when you need help in retaining kidney function for as long as possible.

Dr. BK Upadhyay Associate Director, Nephrology & Kidney Transplant Medicine operating and providing treatment in Delhi NCR. He has up to 10 years of experience involved in more than 200 kidney transplants.

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