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#111 [BLOOD PRESSURE TREATMENT PLAN IN CHRONIC KID

#111 [BLOOD PRESSURE TREATMENT PLAN IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE]
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Hypertension or high blood pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease requires an intensive treatment plan to effectively delay development of kidney failure.
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These include both medication & certain lifestyle modifications that can act in tandem to help you meet your BP goals and lessen the overall burden on your unwell kidneys.
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Previously, we provided a comprehensive insight into what makes your blood pressure go awry with chronic kidney disease here 👉 #allthingskidney109
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Our article today delves into the Intensive Treatment Plan to help keep your blood pressure within clinically desirable limits despite CKD in tow.
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📌 What exactly constitutes this treatment plan
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📌 How does it work?
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📌 Must you take all those pills shown in the picture here?!
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📌 How does your medical team decide which group of BP lowering meds to start you on and when?
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📌 What's with those lifestyle modifications? Is it all just meaningless fluff that doctors advise you to irritate you or do they really work?
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📌 Best practices on your part
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Find answers to all these questions and more in today's all-inclusive article.
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Find the article at:
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/high-blood-pressure-ckd/
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OR
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Simply click the new link (1.7.20) in the bio.
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Stay as well as you can, all of you. 🙂

#110 [UNDERSTAND YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINES IN

#110 [UNDERSTAND YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINES IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE]
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Hypertension or high blood pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease requires an intensive treatment plan to effectively delay development of kidney failure.
.
These include both medication & certain lifestyle modifications that can act in tandem to help you meet your BP goals and lessen the overall burden on your unwell kidneys.
.
Previously, we provided a comprehensive insight into what makes your blood pressure go awry with chronic kidney disease here 👉 #allthingskidney109
.
Our article today delves into the Intensive Treatment Plan to help keep your blood pressure within clinically desirable limits despite CKD in tow.
.
📌 What exactly constitutes this treatment plan
.
📌 How does it work?
.
📌 Must you take all those pills shown in the picture here?!
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📌 How does your medical team decide which group of BP lowering meds to start you on and when?
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📌 What's with those lifestyle modifications? Is it all just meaningless fluff that doctors advise you to irritate you or do they really work?
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📌 Best practices on your part
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Find answers to all these questions and more in today's all-inclusive article.
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Find the article at:
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/high-blood-pressure-ckd/
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OR
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Simply click the new link (1.7.20) in the bio.
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Stay as well as you can, all of you. 🙂

#109 [HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEAS

#109 [HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE]
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High blood pressure is almost always present at the time of diagnosing Chronic Kidney Disease.
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And as time passes during your CKD journey, controlling your blood pressure becomes an essential part of your treatment plan to delay kidney failure.
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📌 BUT WHY DOES YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE RISE IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!
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That, and the basics that you must understand about high blood pressure in CKD is what today’s storytelling is about.
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We have taken care to avoid medical jargon WITHOUT over-simplifying the concept for you.
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Click on the latest link in the bio or go to the link below:
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/high-blood-pressure-in-ckd/
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to get to the article.
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Clarity on how & why your Blood Pressure rises in CKD will help you:
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1️⃣ Understand how your BP medicines work (NEXT POST!!)
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2️⃣ Allow you to comply to your BP treatments better
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3️⃣ Make you a more effective CKD warrior.
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🔸️ NOTE:
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If you happened to read the "Blood Pressure Essentials" article that we uploaded yesterday, you will find some similar sections in this article. This is only to provide context to readers who land on this article directly.
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But we recommend you read the section on how kidneys regulate your blood pressure in normal health. This is to help you better appreciate what goes wrong in CKD that your BP goes awry.
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However, feel free to jump to the section explaining why your BP rises in advanced Chronic Kidney Disease, should you wish to. You can do so from the "contents" tab in the beginning.

#108 [BLOOD PRESSURE IN CKD SERIES - PART1] High b

#108 [BLOOD PRESSURE IN CKD SERIES - PART1]
High blood pressure is a characteristic feature of Chronic Kidney Disease.
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Presenting the essential concepts about Blood Pressure as part of the first post of our "High BP in CKD" Series today.
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We strongly recommend you go through this article to gain a basic understanding of:
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1️⃣ Normal Blood Pressure
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2️⃣ Variations in Normal Blood Pressure range with age & activity
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3️⃣ What really comprises High Blood Pressure
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4️⃣ How does your body maintain & regulate your blood pressure
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5️⃣ Where do your kidneys come in all of this.
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📌 REASONS WHY CKD CAUSES HIGH BP WILL BE COVERED SEPARATELY IN THE NEXT PART (TO BE UPLOADED TOMORROW!!)
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Clarity on Blood Pressure Basics and further articles in this section will help you understand how your BP medicines work, allow you to comply to your BP treatments better & make a more effective CKD warrior.
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So, CLICK THE LATEST LINK IN THE BIO OR GO TO THE LINK BELOW:
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/blood-pressure-essentials/
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to read this article, keep a tab of this space and choose to become "Kidney Smart" today! .

Stay as well as you all can in these trying times! 🌿

#107 [DRY WEIGHT IN DIALYSIS] . How do medical tea

#107 [DRY WEIGHT IN DIALYSIS]
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How do medical teams estimate how much fluid you must lose for an effective Dialysis session without causing you any harm?
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That & the whole clinical effort to help you achieve your "Dry Weight" & the associated considerations is what today's storytelling is about.
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Click on the new link in the BIO
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OR Copy-Paste the link to your address bar & hit go:
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/dialysis-decoding-dry-weight/
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. to learn how your doctors determine your ideal target Dry Weight & what goes into maintaining it.
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You may argue this is for your Doctors to decide. But ultimately it's about your health and clinical outcome that all clinical decisions are about.
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So do make it a point to proactively inform yourselves about this very crucial topic of fluid retention in CKD and getting to the Dry Weight in Dialysis.

#106 [DIALYSIS GUIDE] Presenting a comprehensive g

#106 [DIALYSIS GUIDE] Presenting a comprehensive guide on the What-Why-How of Dialysis sans medical jargon & without being too simplistic either.
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Dialysis is a key treatment option for Kidney Failure due to Chronic Kidney Disease. Think of it and you picture the patient docked to a machine getting their "blood cleansed".
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BUT DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IS DIALYSIS ALL ABOUT?
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There's so much "baggage" that comes with Dialysis than merely being a "visit to the clinic". It brings about a major overhaul of your pre-dialysis lifestyle, demands adjustments to your personal & professional commitments and adds the possibility of more health complications to an already trying CKD life as well.
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Like we at Team ATK always say, knowing the complete facts about your kidney condition and the treatments you undergo helps you gain better control of your CKD journey. After all, Chronic Kidney Disease is a major physical, emotional & financial stressor. Confusion or disorientation is the last thing that you need at this time. If anything empowers you, its Clarity about your clinical decisions.
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Hence the post today.
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This post today links you to a Comprehensive Dialysis Guide Page of our website <allthingskidney.com> .
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ARTICLE LINK:
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/kidney-disease-treatment-approaches/dialysis/
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Or simply click the NEW LINK IN THE BIO.
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Dialysis is a huge topic. Covering even the bare basics makes this a long form article, divided into a number of sections. You will find a "Contents" tab listing these sections at the beginning of the article.
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🔸️Click on the appropriate link to navigate to the section of your choice.
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🔸️Bookmark the page so you could return at your comfortable time to read the rest of the sections.
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AND
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🔸️Keep those questions coming! Contact Team ATK with your Dialysis question via the Contact Page of the website and we will be glad to help you with your query. .
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Hap"pee" Learning! Stay vigilant! 🙂

#105 [ARE VACCINES SAFE FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS & TRAN

#105 [ARE VACCINES SAFE FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS & TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS?]
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The World Immunization Week (24th-30th April) is silently passing by. The world is busy awaiting a vaccine for COVID-19 too.
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So, we at Team ATK felt it’s appropriate to help you gain a basic insight on Vaccines and their utility & limitations in kidney patients.
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After all, vaccines form a crucial part of medically preparing all patients of Chronic Kidney Disease for a transplant surgery.
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Add to that, the fact that SOME vaccines are UNSAFE for transplant recipients, & this topic becomes all the more significant.
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🔔 This post is the 2nd PART for this topic. It specifically covers vaccine guidelines for Kidney patients, those on Dialysis & Kidney Transplant Recipients:
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📌 What factors do your Doctors consider before vaccinating you in the backdrop of Kidney Disease.
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📌 Name-wise list of Vaccines and whether they are safe to administer with Kidney disease, Dialysis and after Kidney transplant or not. .
(Based on KDIGO Guidelines that inform day-to-day practice in Clinical Nephrology)
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LINK TO PART 2️⃣ 👇🏼
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/vaccines-guide-for-kidney-patients/

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🔔 We previously shared a separate post on PART 1 here 👉 #allthingskidney104
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It discusses all the bare basics of Vaccines that all of you MUST proactively understand.
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📌 What exactly are vaccines?
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📌 Do they cure infections?
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📌 Why on earth would you need them when you have "immunity boosters" like Multivitamin pills & health drinks?
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📌 Vaccine types including what's safe for patients with a weak immune system
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📌 Ways to administer them
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📌 The Vaccine Development Story: Its journey from the lab to the clinic
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📌 How long it takes for vaccines to reach the market
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📌 Regulatory approvals
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LINK TO PART 1️⃣ 👇🏼
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/vaccine-basics/
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Read the articles to beat all apprehension, confusion, ignorance about vaccination with kidney disease in tow & TAKE CONTROL of your clinical care with informed decision-making as a patient.
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Stay empowered with authentic information! .
Take care! 🙂

#104 [VACCINE BASICS FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS] Amidst a

#104 [VACCINE BASICS FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS]
Amidst all the enthusiastic talk of developing a Vaccine to fight-off COVID19 (the new coronavirus) and the World Immunization Week (24th-30th April) silently passing by, we at Team ATK felt it’s appropriate to help you gain a basic insight on Vaccines and their utility & limitations in kidney patients.
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After all, vaccines form a crucial part of medically preparing all patients of Chronic Kidney Disease for a transplant surgery.
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Add to that, the fact that SOME vaccines are UNSAFE for transplant recipients, and this topic becomes all the more significant.
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This topic is presented in two parts:

1️⃣ PART 1 discusses all the bare basics of Vaccines that all of you MUST proactively understand.
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It answers several questions like:
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📌 What exactly are vaccines?
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📌 Do they cure infections?
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📌 Why on earth would you need them when you have "immunity boosters" like Multivitamin pills & health drinks?
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📌 Vaccine types including what's safe for patients with a weak immune system
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📌 Ways to administer them
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📌 The Vaccine Development Story: Its journey from the lab to the clinic
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📌 How long it takes for vaccines to reach the market
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📌 Regulatory approvals
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LINK TO PART 1️⃣ 👇🏼
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/vaccine-basics/

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2️⃣ PART 2 will follow this post. It specifically covers vaccine guidelines for Kidney patients, those on Dialysis & Kidney Transplant Recipients:
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📌 What factors do your Medical Teams consider before vaccinating you in the backdrop of Kidney Disease. .
📌 Name-wise list of Vaccines and whether they are safe to administer with Kidney disease, Dialysis and after Kidney transplant or not. .
(Based on KDIGO Guidelines that inform day-to-day practice in Clinical Nephrology)
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LINK TO PART 2️⃣ 👇🏼
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/vaccines-guide-for-kidney-patients/
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Read the articles to beat all apprehension, confusion, ignorance about vaccination with kidney disease in tow & TAKE CONTROL of your clinical care with informed decision-making.
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Stay empowered with authentic information always!
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Take care! 🙂

#103 [COVID-19 & Kidney Patients] . It's no news t

#103 [COVID-19 & Kidney Patients]
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It's no news that COVID-19 (the new Coronavirus) is highly contagious. A completely new viral strain, it caught us all off-guard and is of particular concern to anyone with a weak immune system.
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A sizeable chunk of Kidney Patients has poor immunity. This is either due to the respective disease state itself (such as Diabetes) or due to specific "immuno-suppressive" medicines (such as steroids) that are necessary to treat certain kidney disease states & prevent them from flaring up.
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Hence, it is necessary that people like us, belonging from the kidney patient community put particular emphasis on:
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1️⃣ Fully understanding what COVID-19 is all about
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2️⃣ The impact that it may have on the lives of Kidney Patients.
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3️⃣ How to best deal with it and keep ourselves safe
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4️⃣ Following the necessary health-etiquette to keep those around us healthy.
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5️⃣ Gathering authentic information but only to inform our health practices & not to the point of inviting anxiety.
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6️⃣ Fighting-off all misinformation / superstitious practices / ineffective to downright harmful "Corona hacks" circulating on social media
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Our article today aims to handhold you through various COVID-19 resources compiled from authentic sources (WHO & Official Government websites across various countries) and our explanations (where necessary) to help you become "CORONA-SMART" with Kidney Disease in tow.
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Access our article at:-
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https://www.allthingskidney.com/covid-19-new-coronavirus-guide-for-kidney-patients/
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OR SIMPLY CLICK THE "NEW LINK" IN THE BIO .
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A NOTE TO FELLOW KIDNEY-WARRIORS:
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As Kidney Patients, especially those of us who have had a transplant, we are used to taking strict care of our Hygiene anyway. We have also practiced Social Distancing and learnt to spend that "alone time" productively after Transplants.
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So during these lockdowns, let us all do our bit to help the "uninitiated" with our "expertise" on these experiences too! 🙂
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As for us, we have to help our weakened immune systems defend our beautiful organ family from any harm. Requires war-time discipline & commitment towards ourselves. So take great care of yourselves! 🙂

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