The main causes of a person experiencing chronic renal failure requiring hemodialysis services (dialysis) is due to diabetes and high blood.
"If the disease is well controlled through the regular treatment of kidney disease will be prevented or slowed as early as possible," said Chief General Hospital Dialysis Unit Pirngadi Medan, Prof Dr Harun, in Medan on Wednesday.
He said, chronic kidney disease also can increase the risk of heart disease and blood vessel (cardiovascular), which ultimately also the largest cause of death for people with kidney failure.
According to him, actually kidney failure can be prevented if detected early on through blood tests and urine. And the majority of them in developing countries who are at early stages of this disease usually do not know if it has suffered kidney failure.
"For the early detection of kidney irregularities become very important and allows the appropriate treatment before kidney damage or occur as complications manifest perparahan others.
Meanwhile, the head of the Medical Staff of Functional Medicine Pirngadi General Hospital in Medan, dr Zulhelmi, say, the general public is not aware of their kidneys because of the mild, renal impairment is often not perceived.
Disturbance may progress to kidney ultimately does not work anymore.
"Check the doctor, because through the lab with a little blood and urine samples can be known whether kidney function is still normal or already disturbed, so that treatment can be done as early as possible," he said.
He mentioned, early symptoms of kidney failure can be seen as interference of pain on urination, bleeding, out of stone, flank pain, pale and easily tired
