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World Kidney Day Observation this year themes around kidney disease in children. An Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) multi-city study is due for completion this year.
Ram and Lakshman, two happy-go-lucky twins, are fate-entangled in more ways than birth. They share a common affliction in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which greeted them at the cusp of adulthood.
The two brothers exemplify incidence of kidney disease in children which may go undiagnosed well into adulthood. The kidney may not present clinical symptoms until renal failure forces dialysis or transplant. To save her son’s life, Ram’s mother donated him a kidney last month. To the family’s shock, doctors at NIMS informed ten days after Ram’s surgery that Lakshman is also headed for renal failure. The twins turned 20 this year.
“Both the brothers weighed less than two kilos at birth. We are seeing a correlation between low birth-weight and increased risk of CKD,” Dr. Sree Bhushan Raju, nephrologist at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), said. Dr. Raju, who is treating the duo, said Lakshman is on dialysis awaiting transplant.
On the eve of World Kidney Day, health professionals mention burgeoning numbers of paediatric patients in nephrology wards of city’s public and private hospitals. Kidney diseases in adults are largely attributed to high blood pressure and diabetes. In children however, the incidence, aetiology and treatment of kidney disease are wide-encompassing.
Screening children for kidney ailments vital - The Hindu
Ram and Lakshman, two happy-go-lucky twins, are fate-entangled in more ways than birth. They share a common affliction in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which greeted them at the cusp of adulthood.
The two brothers exemplify incidence of kidney disease in children which may go undiagnosed well into adulthood. The kidney may not present clinical symptoms until renal failure forces dialysis or transplant. To save her son’s life, Ram’s mother donated him a kidney last month. To the family’s shock, doctors at NIMS informed ten days after Ram’s surgery that Lakshman is also headed for renal failure. The twins turned 20 this year.
“Both the brothers weighed less than two kilos at birth. We are seeing a correlation between low birth-weight and increased risk of CKD,” Dr. Sree Bhushan Raju, nephrologist at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), said. Dr. Raju, who is treating the duo, said Lakshman is on dialysis awaiting transplant.
On the eve of World Kidney Day, health professionals mention burgeoning numbers of paediatric patients in nephrology wards of city’s public and private hospitals. Kidney diseases in adults are largely attributed to high blood pressure and diabetes. In children however, the incidence, aetiology and treatment of kidney disease are wide-encompassing.
Screening children for kidney ailments vital - The Hindu