Kenyans With Chronic Kidney Disease Know Diet Is Important. but Many Don't Follow the Guidelines

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Chronic kidney disease is a condition that occurs when a person's kidneys are damaged and can't remove harmful waste from the blood. This can lead to high blood pressure and severe infections. The disease affects about 13.4% of the population globally. Around 1.23 million people died of chronic kidney disease in 2017.

But this doesn't have to be the outcome. Patients can be treated with dialysis to mechanically remove the waste material and excess fluid from the bloodstream. Or they could receive a kidney transplant to replace the damaged kidney. Patients and their caregivers can also minimise the symptoms by carefully managing what they eat and drink.

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