HEALTH

                 

                                                                 HEALTH 

                 

                       KIDNEY FAILURE- DR AGNES ANAN TALKS MORE

Based on recent news that Nkomo de, a comedian from the key soap concert party fame, has been struck down with a kidney disease, Dr. Agnes Anan was interviwed by Pa Kay, the host of skery spark talk on yes 102.9 fm to talk more about it.

The kidney is an organ in the human body which sieves our blood and takes dirt out of it as well. It also helps with urinating. Most medicines we take in also goes in to the kidney before it works.

According to her, Nkomo de’s kidney failure can be as a result of most things. Some people have it right from birth, others can be a urinary infection which was not treated well, abuse of drugs and also too much intake of alcoholic drinks can result in a kidney infection.

If someone gets this disease symptoms are that, you wake up with swollen face, the sole of the feet cracks, one gets tired in a short period of doing something which means the blood is reducing, vomiting and the body itches.

Prevention is better than cure. With this Dr. Agnes advised that we should avoid sitting at one place for a long time, stress and also go to the hospital when we are not well. 

“We should learn to be at the hospital when we feel sick. Some people come to the hospital once and when they are sick again they buy the same medicines rather than going back to hospital. We should also drink more water at least two liters a day and eat well, especially fruits and vegetables. I humbly ask people to reduce the intake of local medicine.” She said