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About 9,500 people in Tunisia are suffering from kidney failure, including about 1,350 people on the waiting list for a transplant, said Saturday at the head of the radiology department of the Al-Omran clinic.
At 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 initiative of the scientific committee of the clinic and in cooperation with the Association of "resistance to chronic diseases" and the Tunisian Association of Nutritional Sciences "This figure, which dates back to 2016, is likely to increase, which calls for 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 renal 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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