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10% Goans suffer from kidney disease!
FRANKY GRACIAS
PANJIM, MARCH 10
One out of every 10 people in Goa suffers from kidney disease even as the State is yet to come to some conclusion on the causes of renal failures in Canacona taluka from where comes the highest number of patients many of whom have succumbed to the disease.
Even as the world and Goa celebrates World Kidney Day tomorrow (Thursday), there are no close-to exact figures available on the number of persons infected with the disease over the years in the State, but it is evident the figure is rising.
This can be well understood with what consultant nephrologist and transplant physician at Apollo Victor Hospital Dr Shital Lengade has to say, “Over a period of one week recently at Apollo’s I saw 30 patients from Canacona alone coming for dialysis.”
He observes in Canacona the type of renal failures that are seen can have multiple reasons or multiple causative factors. A lot needs to be done before coming to a firm conclusion, he adds.
A study done some six to eight years ago by the Preventive and Social Medicine Department of GMC and the Directorate of Health Services for nearly three years have remained inconclusive on the exact cause of the disease in Canacona.
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CAUSES: Says Dr Lengade, “Diabetes remains the leading cause of kidney failures with 45 per cent of the patients categorised under this head. Other contributing factors are high blood pressure, kidney stones, high levels of uric acid in the blood, inflammation of the kidneys, etc.”
Doctors feel the problem may be going out of hand and tomorrow being the World Kidney Day stakeholders could impress upon the Government to take appropriate and firm measures to bring the situation under control.
http://oheraldo.in/news/Main Page News/10-Goans-suffer-from-kidney-disease/34494.html
FRANKY GRACIAS
PANJIM, MARCH 10
One out of every 10 people in Goa suffers from kidney disease even as the State is yet to come to some conclusion on the causes of renal failures in Canacona taluka from where comes the highest number of patients many of whom have succumbed to the disease.
Even as the world and Goa celebrates World Kidney Day tomorrow (Thursday), there are no close-to exact figures available on the number of persons infected with the disease over the years in the State, but it is evident the figure is rising.
This can be well understood with what consultant nephrologist and transplant physician at Apollo Victor Hospital Dr Shital Lengade has to say, “Over a period of one week recently at Apollo’s I saw 30 patients from Canacona alone coming for dialysis.”
He observes in Canacona the type of renal failures that are seen can have multiple reasons or multiple causative factors. A lot needs to be done before coming to a firm conclusion, he adds.
A study done some six to eight years ago by the Preventive and Social Medicine Department of GMC and the Directorate of Health Services for nearly three years have remained inconclusive on the exact cause of the disease in Canacona.
....snip
CAUSES: Says Dr Lengade, “Diabetes remains the leading cause of kidney failures with 45 per cent of the patients categorised under this head. Other contributing factors are high blood pressure, kidney stones, high levels of uric acid in the blood, inflammation of the kidneys, etc.”
Doctors feel the problem may be going out of hand and tomorrow being the World Kidney Day stakeholders could impress upon the Government to take appropriate and firm measures to bring the situation under control.
http://oheraldo.in/news/Main Page News/10-Goans-suffer-from-kidney-disease/34494.html
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