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1. Kidney disease has nothing to do with high blood pressure, but is related to diet?

2. Have you ever heard of chronic kidney disease or chronic renal failure?

3. Hypertension is the leading cause of kidney failure in Africa?

4. Does hypertension lead to kidney failure that can be cured?

5. Nephrology is the medical speciality that really deals with nerve

disorders?

6. Does kidney failure cause back pain?

7. Do kidney diseases only affect the elderly?

8. To avoid the dialysis stage of renal failure, blood pressure must be below 140/90mmHg?

9. Does kidney disease occur when creatinine levels rise?

10. The 24-hour proteinuria test enables early detection of kidney disease?

11. Is screening for chronic kidney disease important?

12. Can certain medications help slow the worsening of chronic kidney disease?

13. Can herbal supplements be effective in the treatment of chronic kidney disease?

14. Is chronic kidney disease reversible without treatment?

15. Anti-inflammatory drugs have a good effect on the kidneys.

16. What tests should be carried out to detect kidney failure?

Blood sugar

Creatininemia

Ionogram

NFS

I don’t know

17. What treatments are available for chronic kidney disease?

Antihypertensives

Dialysis at renal death stage

Low protein diet

Renal transplantation at the stage of renal death

Plants

I don’t know