Kidney Failure

• Affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults.

• The two most common causes of kidney failure are diabetes or high blood pressure

• Nearly 1 in 3 people with diabetes and 1 in 5 people with high blood pressure have kidney failure.

• Other risk factors for developing kidney disease include heart disease and a family history of kidney failure.

• As many as 9 in 10 adults who have kidney failure are not aware they have the disease.

• Early-stage kidney failure usually has no symptoms, and many people don’t know they have it until it is very advanced.

• Kidney failure often gets worse over time and may lead to other health problems, such as stroke or heart attack.

• Kidney failure that is treated with a kidney transplant or dialysis.

  Source: National Institute of Health (NIH): National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) https://www.niddk.nih.gov/ Accessed 8/18/2023

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