‘20m kidney patients in Pakistan’

LAHORE

Ameer ud Din Medical College Principal Prof Dr Giyasun Nabi Tayyab has said that healthy kidneys are essential for human health. The number of patients with kidney problem is on the rise throughout the world and every fifth person is surfing from kidney complication in the American and European countries.

In Pakistan presently more than 20 million people are suffering from kidney complications which is alarming. The basic awareness about kidneys is necessary for everyone, therefore, media must play its role in this regard, Prof Dr Giyasun Nabi Tayyab expressed these views while addressing a symposium organised by Urology and Nephrology Departments at Lahore General Hospital, according to a press release issued here on Friday. The event was also addressed by Prof Dr Sajjad Hussain, Prof M Nazir, Dr Aurangzaib Afzal, Prof M Moin, Prof Ahsan Numan and Prof Khalid Waheed.

The speakers said that medical research conducted throughout the world proved that obesity not only affected kidneys but also caused high blood pressure and diabetes. The functions of kidneys in the human body are to clean the blood, to keep balance among minerals and to control acidity in the human stomach.

They said the 18 percent male and 21 percent female population could fall prey to obesity up till 2025. They said that major reason for the kidney problems in Pakistan were diabetes and blood pressure. They observed that diabetes, blood pressure, infection, obesity were the factors which must be controlled to overcome kidney diseases. They were of the view that process of kidney transplant was much complicated in Pakistan and other countries. They said that a large number of poor patients could be helped in this connection if government could make the process of kidney transplant easier. The speakers stressed upon the masses to immediately approach doctors in cause of kidney problem. They should drink more water and adopt the habits of taking balanced food and having regular exercise.