 I am Dr. Vishwanath, consultant aphrologist and HOD an aphrology. I am working at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. Prevention of chronic kidney disease is the most important thing. Prevention is something which we can definitely do in kidney disease because once the kidney disease damage starts, we cannot do much to prevent further progression. So we need to prevent chronic kidney disease in the form of controlling blood pressure, controlling blood sugar, quitting smoking, avoiding things which are harmful to the kidney like painkillers, over the counter medications, monitor kidney functions so that you see how the kidney functions are and see if we can make it better. If there is any active infection, treat it appropriately and on the right time. Don't ignore any symptoms like swelling of the feet, having unexplained anemia, unexplained weight loss, look for kidney disease and see if we can treat it appropriately. Prevention definitely goes a very long way in kidney disease. As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of treatment. So definitely a kidney disease, an ounce of prevention is better than a ton of treatment.