Kidney Check Up
Kidney check-up is a health assessment process that includes a series of tests and examinations to monitor kidney health and detect possible problems early. This check-up is a combination of cost analysis, blood pressure values, kidney function tests, kidney ultrasonography and perhaps more advanced imaging methods. Kidney check-up plays an important role in early diagnosis of kidney diseases, accelerating the onset of the disease and screening the kidneys.
Kidney Check-Up at Liv Hospital
The most common cause of chronic kidney failure is diabetes. It is responsible for approximately 40% of end-stage renal failure. It is quite insidious. The earliest sign of the disease is protein leakage in the urine. Protein leaks that have reached high amounts can be noticed by the foaming observed during urination. On the other hand, diagnosing kidney damage with sensitive examinations at an early stage is a condition that can be corrected through treatments.
The second most common cause of chronic kidney failure is hypertension with 30%. Kidney damage in hypertension, defined as high blood pressure, initially manifests itself before it impairs kidney functions, such as protein leakage in the urine and blood in the urine. Persistent elevations in blood pressure that are not controlled pose a higher risk for kidney damage. Early diagnosis is the gold standard in preventing progression of kidney damage.
Kidney disease, which occurs in one in every six adults over the age of 18 in our country, can often be prevented or its progression can be delayed if it is detected early. However, low awareness may delay early diagnosis and impair quality of life by causing kidney failure. "Kidney Check-up" performed for diabetes and hypertension patients at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul Check-up Clinic, kidney damage can be diagnosed and corrected through treatments.
Kidney Check-Up Procedures
A kidney check-up is a series of medical tests to evaluate the health of your kidneys. Your kidneys are responsible for filtering waste and excess fluids from your body, so it's important that they are healthy.
A kidney check-up usually includes:
- Medical history and risk assessment
- Physical examination
- Laboratory tests
- Imaging tests
- Kidney biopsy
