Please share some do's and don'ts with regards to kidney failure.

Doses: Doses of many medications must be adjusted for kidney patients, or those with poor kidney function.

Heading: Heading for dialysis? Get a fistula and pd catheter placed in time to avoid a central line.

Home: Home dialysis is far more flexible and user-friendly than in-center dialysis. Ask your nephrologist.

Proper: Proper diet, proper sleep & proper exercise can improve your health & even your kidney function.

The: The leading causes of kidney failure are diabetes and high blood pressure.

CO: Co q10 may be beneficial in improving your kidney function.

If: If you are heading into kidney failure, ask now about living donor kidney transplants.

Double: Double check the dose of any medication you take if you are on dialysis. Doses may need adjusting.

Home: Home dialysis can greatly improve the quality of your life. Ask your kidney center about training.

Have: Have kidney function (blood & urine tests) checked with yearly physical by your primary doctor.

Forcing: Forcing yourself to drink a lot of water is not likely to help prevent or treat kidney disease.

Blood: Blood pressure control is paramount. Avoid substances like nsaids that could injure kidneys.

Monitor: Monitor blood pressure and blood sugar; react if not at goal.

DO-: Do - abstain from alcohol use or drink in moderation to help prevent kidney failure.

DON'T: Don't - don't smoke tobacco. It is a risk factor for kidney failure.

DO: Do - keep hypertension under control. It is a risk factor for kidney failure.

DO: Do - keep diabetes under control with your doctor's help. It is a risk factor for kidney failure.

DO: Do - maintain a lower protein diet if you have kidney failure if recommended by your physician.

Management: Management of blood pressure can help control most chronic kidney disease. Restrict dietary sodium.

Check: Check your bp, prevent obesity and diabetes, avoid medications that can damage your kidneys.

Elevated: Elevated blood pressure, and hand or leg swelling can be signs, but only a physician, urine & blood tests can detect it.

Limiting: Limiting fluid due to kidney failure? Try lemon drops to increase saliva production.

Stay: Stay hydrated, exercise, keep your blood pressure and blood sugars under control.

Plot: Plot on a graph: 1/creatinine versus time. This will help you determine the rate of your renal decline.

Get: Get your blood pressure under control and take your medications as directed please.

Ask: Ask for an "egfr" to assess your kidney function. If you're diabetic, ask for a urine microalbumin.

Check: Check your blood pressure & sugar. Cut back on salt & protein. Take your meds & go see your dr.

Watch: Watch your fluid intake. Watch your weight. Watch your diet closely.

Avoid: Avoid salt! it's everywhere and very tasty, but it leads to high blood pressure and swelling!

HELP: Help somebody in need. Go out & talk to people. Connect with the supreme being for comfort & peace!

Hydrate: Hydrate yourself all the time. Avoid regular use of nsaids (aleve, advil, (ibuprofen) motrin, Ibuprofen etc.).

Do: Do drink plenty of spring water each day, do not drink sweet drinks even artificially sweetened.

Blood: Blood tests can be used to find out if you have kidney failure.

Regular: Regular dialysis is important as toxins can build up and affect the heart, blood cells, and bones.

Avoiding: Avoiding pain relievers such as aspirin, ibuprofen, & other nsaids can protect your kidneys.

Dialysis: Dialysis therapy in-home requires helpful support and instruction but costs far less & feels better!

Maintenance: Maintenance dialysis is best begun early in ckd, avoiding malnutrition, uremia, sepsis, bleeding.

Proper: Proper diet, proper sleep & proper exercise will make you & your kidneys much healthier.

Controlling: Controlling high blood pressure is critically important at all 5 stages of chronic kidney disease.

The: The primary cause of complication and death at all stages of CKD is cv disease. Minimize it!

Early: Early decline in diabetic CKD can be slowed by controlling bp, glucose & protein consumption.

Keep: Keep good control of diabetes and blood pressure to slow the progression of kidney damage.

Control: Control bp, diabetes under strict control, avoid toxic meds, avoid dehydration, and treat any kidney disease.

If: If you take a statin drug, make sure you are taking co-q10, statins deplete coq10 & injure kidneys.

If: If you have diabetes, keep your sugars under control.

Kidney: Kidney failure caused by renal artery narrowing does not need surgery as long as medications work.

The: The 2nd best treatment is to control your blood pressure, cholesterol, and sugar (diabetes).

The: The best treatment is prevention through a healthy lifestyle.

Avoid: Avoid nsaids, high blood pressure and diabetes. Good nutrition and daily exercise. Meds if needed.

Kidney: Kidney failure can be detected only by blood work.

Hemodialysis,: Hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplant.

Drink: Drink plenty of water, avoid over the counter meds such as ibuprofen, alleve, advil etc.

Avoid: Avoid anti-inflammatory medicine as soon as your kidney function deteriorates.

Chronic: Chronic kidney disease can cause treatment resistant hypertension (high blood pressure).

Ignore: Artificial sweeteners have been linked to obesity so diet drinks aren't good for weight loss.

Ignore: Avoid processed food as most preservatives are not desirable.

If: If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, think twice about anti-inflammatories.