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Comment by S. M. Mahiuddin on April 7, 2011 at 7:26am

This is the time to  aware the kidney disease

Comment by Luis Hernan Guerrero Loaiza, MD on May 10, 2010 at 4:23am

Chronic renal disease implicate a great costs: echonomic, social and human. The early detectión and modification in risk factors could decrease this costs. Works for it

Comment by Janice Cori Cobb on March 2, 2010 at 11:26pm

Dear Mario,
As always, I look forward to being educated by your
posts to the forums on World Kidney Day. Your schematic, elucidating both etiology and outcomes of the omnipresent (and seemingly inevitable result, either of untreated or mistreated diabetes mellitus) metabolic syndrome, (the third of your iceberg schematics that I have seen (and have learned so much from) is absolutely magnificent!

I very much look forward to hearing from you as to how I might be of help to you in your endeavors to make known to the workf the ravages of these killers.

Sincerely,
Janice

Comment by Mario Belledonne on February 22, 2010 at 10:04pm

World Kidney Day should make us aware of the fact that the kidneys have a prominent role not only in maintening physiological conditions for living, but also responding to metabolic insult, a response that could be maladdaptative adding further damage to the organism. The kidneys add hypertension, heart disease, bone disease etc to diabetes, metabolic syndrome, CKD, etc.

Comment by Dr Sree Bhushan Raju on February 21, 2010 at 7:02pm

Spread the word.....world kidney day

Comment by Janice Cori Cobb on December 30, 2009 at 6:08am

To what degree, if any, are patients -- particularly minorities -- assayed for chronic stress? Inasmuch as kidneys are not deemed "essential" to the body's "flight or fight response", the diminished blood flow they receive -- undermining, sometimes considerably, GFR -- may lead to permanent damage.

Great photo!

Comment by Mario Belledonne on December 29, 2009 at 6:30am

I could not agree more. The significance of decreased kidney function and proteinuria are now significant markers of significant cardiorenal risk. We are just looking at the tip of the iceberg. We need more sensitive markers of GFR than creatinine.