You have the choice to change kidney disease.

Tips from MIKE Program and the National Institutes of Health

What can you do?

• Eat a healthful diet
• Move for regular physical activity, at least 30-60 minutes/day
• Avoid harmful products and substance abuse including excess alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
• See your doctor for regular checkups, especially if you or members of your family have high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease
• Know your numbers to maintain healthy kidney:
  • Creatinine (blood test);
  • Albumin (urine test);
  • Blood Pressure.
• Remember to know your blood glucose and blood cholesterol, too.
• Follow your doctor's advice to see a specialist, follow nutritional recommendations, or take medicine.

The MIKE Program is a partner in the National Institutes of Health  and  the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Kidney Disease Education Program, www.nkdep.nih.gov.

Ask about these things if you have any
abnormalities in your "numbers."