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On Tuesday, March 23, 2019, the head of the radiology department of the Al-Omran Clinic in Najia Ben Mousa revealed that about 9,500 people in Tunisia were suffering from kidney failure, including about 1,350 people on the list waiting for a transplant.
During an awareness day on "Early Detection and Prevention of Kidney Disease," Ben Moussa said today at the Omran Social Security Clinic, in the capital, at the US Department of Homeland Security. Initiative of the scientific committee of this clinic and in cooperation with the Tunisian Society of Nutritional Sciences and Nutritional Sciences, is scheduled for 2016, a rising candidate, which requires the organization of such events to raise public awareness, especially patients with chronic diseases, to the importance of early detection of prevention and to avoid the incidence of kidney failure.
She also stressed the importance of early detection by a significant number of medical personnel from all disciplines, paramedics and psychologists, which will prevent and maintain the kidneys against hypertension, diabetes , obesity, cardiovascular disease, some kidney infections and leg swelling
For its part, said Fawzi Canon, specialist in gland diseases and diabetes, one-third of patients with kidney failure are diagnosed with diabetes, calling for preventive care through a balanced diet, thus reducing fat, sugar and salt in foods, excessive alcohol consumption and regular exercise.
The high cost of the disease, which amounts to more than 90 million dinars per year (5% of total health sector spending in Tunisia), is the result of increased injuries, lack of awareness, sensitization and early detection of the disease. He described this as a silent death.
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