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ARE YOUR KIDNEYS OK?

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Take this quiz to test your knowledge about kidneys and find out if you may be at risk of kidney disease.

  1. How many kidneys do people usually have?
    One
    Two
    More than two
     
  2. How large are your kidneys?
    The size of your fist
    The size of a ping-pong ball
    The size of a peanut
     
  3. What shape are your kidneys?
    Orange
    Pear
    Bean
     
  4. Your kidneys perform many critical functions. What are they?
    Process/clean blood and filter out extra water and waste
    Release hormones
    Regulate water and chemicals in the blood like sodium and potassium
    Remove some drugs and toxins from the blood
    All of the above
     
  5. Every day our kidneys perform an essential job of filtering how many liters (or quarts) of blood?
    1
    50
    200
     
  6. The two main causes of kidney disease (called Chronic Kidney Disease, CKD) are:
    Diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension)
    Obesity and lack of exercise
    Diet and kidney stones
     
  7. How many adults worldwide have some form of kidney damage?
    About 1 out of 10
    About 1 out of 1000
    About 1 out of 10 000
     
  8. Anaemia is a very frequent complication of chronic kidney disease. Anaemia is when a person has:
    Low blood pressure
    Too many white blood cells
    Low levels of an oxygen-transporting protein housed in red blood cells
     
  9. True or false: chronic kidney disease increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes
    True
    False
     
  10. If you progress to end-stage renal disease, what will a doctor need to do to help you?
    Dialysis and organ transplantation
    Just medication
    Surgery to repair your kidneys

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