The Unstoppable Advance of Chronic Kidney Disease that Already Suffers 7 Million Spaniards: 'It's a Real Tsunami'
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"It is an authentic tsunami." The president of the Spanish Society of Nephrology (SEN) summarizes the unstoppable advance of chronic kidney disease that already affects 15% of the population – some 7 million Spaniards at any stage of the disease and including the undiagnosed people – and, if this current rate of growth continues, it will become the fifth cause of death in our country in 2040. The data are overwhelming: the prevalence of Substitu…
To mark World Kidney Day, commemorated this Thursday, March 12, specialists are emphasizing the need to raise awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), a progressive condition that gradually reduces the kidneys' ability to filter blood and affects more than 10% of the world's population, equivalent to over 800 million people. In Spain, the situation is no less serious: one in seven adults suffers from CKD, with a prevalence of 15.1%, more commo…
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