According to Kocabıyık from Türkiye Newspaper; Chronic affecting one of 10 people in the world kidney The disease is a much greater problem for our country. One out of every 7 adults in Türkiye is estimated to have chronic kidney patients. In our country, 12 thousand people start to enter dialysis every year. One of the most important reasons leading to chronic kidney disease is that despite all the interventions salt The Turkish Nephrology Association Board Member of the Board of Directors said that consumption. Dr. İsmail Koçyiğit regarding kidney health Chinese Pointing out the danger of salt, “There is Chinese salt in every food that is ready or entered into the package (albeit sweet), also known as Monosodium Glutamate. Chinese salt, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, diabetesHypertension and kidney damage. ”
Salt consumption rate is 2 times higher than it should be
Daily salt consumption for kidney health should be below 6 grams. Dr. Koçyiğit said, “According to the Salturk study in Türkiye, daily salt consumption in our country was calculated as 18 g/day. Later, we see that this decreased to 14.8 in the Salturk-2 studies, especially the measures and information taken, especially the reduction of the salt in the breads. We still use more than twice the salt. When we say salt, we do not only mean the salt thrown into dinner.
For example, when you eat outside, Chinese salt is added before that doner. Food manufacturers are used to give the food to the dishes with the E-621 code of Chinese salt. Research shows that Chinese salt suppresses the feeling of saturation and causes more eating and those who consume foods containing Chinese salt are hungry in a shorter time. For this reason, manufacturers and sellers use Chinese salt to provide more consumption. It makes it dependent on the food added. For this reason, we can accept it as one of the factors in the increase in obesity. ”
“Stay away from the packaged food”
Ready -made meatball mortars, broth tablets, ready -made soups, chips, crackers, salami, sausage, even baby food, even indicating that there are Chinese salt. Dr. Koçyiğit warned that label should stay away from packaged ready -made foods to protect from Chinese salt, and the label information should be read when buying these foods ”.
What needs to be done to protect the kidneys
- Check your blood pressure and sugar frequently
- For 1.5-2 liters of water per day, reduce salt and sugar
- Do not use unnecessarily pain relief and antibiotics
- Check your blood pressure and sugar frequently
- Stop smoking and stay away from drinking environments
- Walk at least 4 times a week 5 kilometers
Patients are not aware
The “Healthy Kidney, Healthy Life” report prepared with the cooperation of Turkish Nephrology Association and Astrazeneca Türkiye revealed the dark side of kidney diseases in Türkiye. President of the Turkish Nephrology Association evaluating the report. Dr. Aydın Türkmen “2.5 percent of the total population in Türkiye was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. Together with non -diagnosed patients, chronic kidney patients approach 12 percent of the population. The disease is insidious and awareness is very low. 5.6 percent of chronic kidney patients are aware of the disease, ”he said.
However, these figures constitute the visible face of the ice mountain. The two most important causes of chronic kidney disease are high blood pressure and diabetes, the report pointed out that the incidence of these two diseases in Turkish people, one of the two people over the age of 18 is faced with the danger of losing the kidneys.
Diabetes takes dialysis
Diabetes in our country is an increasing frequency of an important health problem, which draws attention to the Secretary General of the Turkish Nephrology Association. Dr. Özkan Güngör “Diabetes is the most common cause of chronic kidney disease. Diabetes rates in our country reached 15 percent over 18 years of age. High sugar also disrupts the kidney vessels in a sneaky way. Chronic kidney disease in diabetes is 2 times higher. According to the data of 2023, 34 percent of patients entering dialysis is why diabetic kidney disease. Diabetes with uncontrolled blood sugar are at risk for kidney disease. ”
One of three people has blood pressure patients
The second most important cause of chronic kidney diseases is high blood pressure. Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Nephrology Association. Dr. Şükrü Ulusoy “The incidence of hypertension in the adult age group over the age of 18 reached a high rate of 30.3 percent. Hypertension is one of the factors that make a significant problem is that it does not show any symptoms and is low awareness of this disease. As a matter of fact, the proportion of those who are not aware that they are hypertensive in the patent study in our country is approximately 46 percent. In addition, in our country, the second place among the causes of dialysis is high blood pressure ”.