World Kidney Day is a global awareness campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys

2025 Theme: “Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect early, protect kidney health.”

LEARNING FROM HOME/WITHOUT CLASSES/BASICS

KIDNEY

The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs on either side of your spine, below your ribs and behind your belly. The kidneys’ job is to filter your blood.

                                They remove wastes, control the body’s fluid balance, and keep the right levels of electrolytes. All of the blood in your body passes through them several times a day.Blood comes into the kidney, waste gets removed, and salt, water, and minerals are adjusted, if needed. The filtered blood goes back into the body. Waste gets turned into urine, which collects in the kidney’s pelvis — a funnel-shaped structure that drains down a tube called the ureter to the bladder.Each kidney has around a million tiny filters called nephrons.

Your Kidneys:

• Make urine
• Remove wastes and extra fluid from your blood
• Control your body’s chemical balance
• Help control your blood pressure
• Help keep your bones healthy
• Help you make red blood cells

There are several ways to reduce the risk of developing kidney disease.

Keep fit, Be active

This can help to maintain an ideal body weight, reduce your blood pressure and the risk of Chronic Kidney Disease.

Eat a healthy diet

This can help to maintain an ideal body weight, reduce your blood pressure, prevent diabetes, heart disease and other conditions associated with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Reduce your salt intake. The recommended sodium intake is 5-6 grams of salt per day.

Check and control
your blood sugar

About half of people who have diabetes do not know they have diabetes. Therefore, you need to check your blood sugar level as part of your general body checkup. This is especially important for those who are approaching middle age or older. About half of people who have diabetes develop kidney damage