PSG Trip to KL Bird Park

腎病洗腎最有效‧過來人：勿隨便接受傳統治療

 2011-09-11 18:59

國家腎臟基金會總部福利經理馬亞女（左起）、福利官員達希尼；右起公共教育執行員鄭秀文及蔡尚萬與5名演講人合照。左三起為伊言彼特杰克森、陳勁峰、孔繁莊、陳秀琴及李振和。（圖：星洲日報）

（雪蘭莪‧八打靈再也11日訊）腎臟病患者伊言彼特傑克森鼓勵病人接受洗腎治療，切勿道聽途說，接受民間的傳統治療師的“治療”，因為唯有洗腎，才能有效的減輕病情。

腎臟移植者分享風險
今年46歲的伊言患有遺傳性腎臟疾病，4年前花光所有積蓄到中國接受腎臟移植，在回國的第二天即出現排斥的現象。

伊言是與4名接受腎臟移植的病患，今日在國家腎臟基金會舉辦的“每位腎臟移植者需知”的講座會上，與腎臟病患者分享腎臟移植的程序及風險。

其餘4名演講者是李振和、孔繁莊、陳秀琴和陳勁峰，吸引全國各地區的腎臟病患者出席聆聽。
53歲的李振和向出席者詳盡的道出自己在患病十余年來的人生經歷。從在他擁有第一所房子後，獲知自己患病時的絕望，一直到以堅定的意志接受洗腎治療，並在接受腎臟移植手術後如何維持健康的飲食。
“我的兩名雙生女兒是讓我勇於接受治療的支柱。”

而孔繁莊則一再提醒出席者在接受洗腎治療期間不要暴飲暴食，在移植手術後可能出現的後遺症及所必須禁口的食物。

腎臟病患者支援小組主席蔡尚萬表示，該基金會總部一個星期為80多名腎臟病患者提供洗腎服務，並在全國各地設有約24所的洗腎中心。
（星洲日報）

What Every Kidney Recipient Should Know!

Hi All Kidney Patient (especially those in Klang Valley),
There will be a Talk by successful kidney recipient on the above subject on 11th Sept-2011, Sunday at NKF-Berjaya Resource Centre, No. 70, Jalan 14/29, 46100 Petaling Jaya Selangor D.E.
Patient and their family member may register through e-mail psg20one0@gmail.com before 1st Sept-2011.

Educating kidneys

Article courtesy of NKF Kidney Care, a community education programme by National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia.

Kidney disease took its toll on his father and elder sister before it finally hit Chuah Seong Ban. “At first, I started feeling uncomfortable so much so I couldn’t sleep at night. One day, both, my kidneys just stopped functioning altogether,” he recalls.


Chuah Seong Ban...'At first, I

started feeling uncomfortable so

much so I couldn't sleep at night.

One day, both, my kidneys just

stopped functioning altogether

Although a professional engineer, Chuah is glad that his company pays for his thrice-weekly dialysis. “The financial burden would be far too much for me to bear, otherwise,” he says. Chuah shudders to think of other less fortunate patients if National Kidney Foundation weren’t there to them.
Did you know that more than 500 million (or 10% of all adults) worldwide have some form of kidney disease? Or that millions die every year from heart attacks and strokes linked to chronic kidney disease?

Any disease that threatens the kidneys has to be viewed seriously. Chronic kidney disease is especially so as its prevalence is increasing. This is due mainly to the rising number of people with poorly managed diabetes and high blood pressure – the two most major contributing factors for kidney damage today.

Smoking, obesity, advancing age and family history of kidney disease also other important risk factors to watch.

Undetected or untreated, kidney diseases can lead to end-stage kidney failure. Referring to the complete and utter failure of the kidneys, it is a life-threatening condition and the patient would need a kidney transplant or dialysis to stay alive.

Dialysis, a process to filter the blood, has to be conducted three times a week for the rest of a patient’s life. The total cost is often too expensive for most ordinary people to shoulder.

Thankfully, kidney diseases are mostly preventable, especially if one observes a healthy lifestyle.