Be Ware "False" remedies for kidney disease – Specialist | Health

Dr. Dwomoa Adu, a kidney specialist at the University of Ghana's Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, has warned the public against "roadside" drug traffickers who claim to have a cure for kidney diseases.

According to him, drug sellers, many of whom have recently increased their social media marketing activities, only wish to earn money because the many medications that they sell do not cure kidney disease .

For example, Dr. Adu said that dandelion tea, coconut water, garden eggs, carrot leaves, beetroot, apple and watermelon did not heal the chronic diseases of the kidneys.

As part of Thursday's celebration of World Kidney Day in Cape Coast, Dr. Adu, also a member of the Ghana Kidney Association, informed that anyone with symptoms of fatigue, swelling of the feet, nausea and dyspnea, include kidney disease should rather seek early treatment in the hospital.

Every year, about 7,000 people in Ghana aged 25 to 50 years develop end-stage renal failure, with about 95% of deaths resulting from under-treatment.

According to the Ghana Kidney Association, only 10% of people with end-stage renal disease received treatment in 2017.

This year's World Kidney Day theme was Kidney Health for All, Everywhere.

In his speech, Dr. Adu said that the disease hit Ghana hard, considering that it was the young and economically active population that was suffering from it.

In addition, there are only five hemodialysis facilities in Ghana, located in the regions of Greater Accra, Ashanti, North, Central and Volta.

Dialysis patients in other regions have to travel long distances for treatment.

Dr. Adu stated that the Ghana Kidney Association had developed a renal care policy to contribute to the prevention, treatment and costs of chronic kidney disease and that it should be presented to the government to help define ways to improve the suffering of kidney failure patients in Ghana.

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He urged the public to reduce the consumption of meat, salt and sugar and also warned against the continued use of anti-inflammatory drugs, saying that they could lead to chronic renal insufficiency .

Doctor Nephrologist Pediatrician at the Department of Health of Korle-Bu University Hospital, Dr. Victoria Adabayeri advised parents to monitor their children and report any urinary abnormalities to the hospital.