 The National Kidney Disease Education Program presents, You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease. I went for physical and they found out that I had diabetes. I was having a lot of problems and my kidneys, the filters had already started to deteriorate. I had no idea that the kidneys were so important. It wasn't much they could do to, you know, repair it. My cold, my son, explained to him that eventually I was going to have to do a dialysis. Hi, Charlene. How are you today? Fine, how are you doing? Very good. Come on in. They started me on dialysis last May. I actually didn't know if it's something that just happens overnight or, you know, over a certain period of time and I just didn't know, you know, what causes it. Well, let's see how your pressure is. Kidney disease is a silent disease, especially kidney disease in the early stages. People feel fine. Actually they have no symptoms whatsoever. When a person has high blood pressure or diabetes or kidney disease, their family members are at risk. It's necessary that they be tested as well so that they can be treated early, if possible, if they do have that. Patients who have family members with diabetes or who have family members with high blood pressure, especially in African Americans, we know that these diseases are, put them at higher risk for developing kidney disease. And high blood pressure does run in our family. I knew that. I didn't know at the time that high blood pressure was affiliated with right kidney disease. I never thought I'm going to get tested for it until after my mom found out she had kidney disease and then my mom said, when you got to get tested, you got to get tested. You got hypertension, diabetes or kidney disease. If it runs in your family, you need to definitely get yourself checked out. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to be tested for kidney disease. The test for kidney disease is very simple. It's either a blood test or a urine test. We usually send the test results, come back within a day or two. We'll call you when we get the results and you can come in and we'll talk about it. Dionne, would you come back please? For Dionne's sake and my sake, I encourage Dionne to go get tested for the kidney disease so that if he is diagnosed with it, he can catch it, where he can get some help so he can know what's going on. It is important for Dionne to get tested because his mom does have kidney disease and diabetes and hypertension. So he is at risk for developing these things. So it's important for him to get tested on a regular basis. Once you get the diagnosis of kidney disease, it's not something that patients should look on. Gloomally, there's therapy, there's treatment available, but you have to come in, you have to be tested, and treatment has to be started. What we do is we try to figure out what's caused the kidney disease, whether it's related to diabetes. Maybe he's not aware that he has diabetes or he's not aware that he has high blood pressure because like kidney disease, high blood pressure is asymptomatic, meaning you don't really have symptoms. And diabetes in the early stages, you don't really have symptoms either. If we catch the disease early, it's very treatable. We have better medications nowadays to treat kidney disease. We can actually halt the progression of kidney disease. We must make the diagnosis early in order to kind of slow things down. I try to express the importance of, you know, being healthy to my son and my grandchildren. I want to be around to see the kids grow older. So, I mean, I stress that to myself to have myself checked out. For more information, call toll-free 1-866-454-3639 or visit our website at www.nkdep.nih.gov. Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Kidney Disease Education Program presents You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease For physical, and they found out that I had diabetes. I was having a lot of problems and my kidneys had, the filters had already started to deteriorate. I had no idea that the kidneys were so important. It wasn't much they could do to, you know, repair it. My cold, my son explained to him that eventually I was going to have to do a dialysis. Hi, Cherlene. How are you today? Fine, how are you doing? Very good. Come on in. They started me on dialysis last May. I actually didn't know if it's something that just happens overnight or, you know, over a certain period of time. And I just didn't know, you know, what causes it. Well, let's see how your pressure is. Kidney disease is a silent disease. Especially kidney disease in the early stages, people feel fine. Actually they have no symptoms whatsoever. When a person has high blood pressure or diabetes or kidney disease, their family members are at risk. It's necessary that they be tested as well so that they can be treated early, if possible, if they do have that. Patients who have family members with diabetes or who have family members with high blood pressure, especially in African Americans, we know that these diseases are, put them at higher risk for developing kidney disease. And high blood pressure does run in our family. I knew that. I didn't know at the time that high blood pressure was affiliated with, right, kidney disease. I never thought I'm going to get tested for it until after my mom found out she had kidney disease and then my mom said, well, you got to get tested, you got to get tested. If you got, like, hypertension, diabetes or kidney disease, if it runs in your family, you need to definitely get yourself checked out. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to be tested for kidney disease. The test for kidney disease is very simple. It's either a blood test or a urine test. We usually send the test results, come back within a day or two. We'll call you when we get the results and you can come in and we'll talk about it. Deon, would you come back, please? For Deon's sake and my sake, I encourage Deon to go get tested for the kidney disease so that if he is diagnosed with it, he can catch it, where he can get some help so he can know what's going on. It is important for Deon to get tested because his mom does have kidney disease and diabetes and hypertension, so he is at risk for developing these things. So it's important for him to get tested on a regular basis. Once you get the diagnosis of kidney disease, it's not something that patients should look on. Gloomally, there's therapy, there's treatment available, but you have to come in, you have to be tested and treatment has to be started. What we do is we try to figure out what's caused the kidney disease, whether it's related to diabetes. Maybe he's not aware that he has diabetes or he's not aware that he has high blood pressure because like kidney disease, high blood pressure is asymptomatic, meaning you don't really have symptoms. And diabetes in the early stages, you don't really have symptoms either. If we catch the disease early, it's very treatable. We have better medications nowadays to treat kidney disease. We can actually halt the progression of kidney disease. We must make the diagnosis early in order to kind of slow things down. Hey everybody, it's time to eat dinner's ready. I try to express the importance of, you know, being healthy to my son and my grandchildren. I want to be around to see the kids grow older. So I mean, I stress that to myself to have myself checked out. For more information, call toll-free 1866-454-3639 or visit our website at www.nkdep.nih.gov. Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Kidney Disease Education Program presents You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease For physical, they found out that I had diabetes. I was having a lot of problems and my kidneys, the filters had already started to deteriorate. I had no idea that the kidneys were so important. It wasn't much they could do to, you know, repair it. My cold, my son explained to him that eventually I was going to have to do a dialysis. Hi, Cherlene. How are you, Ted? Fine. How are you doing? Very good. Come on in. They started me on dialysis last May. I actually didn't know if it's something that just happens overnight or, you know, over a certain period of time. And I just didn't know, you know, what caused it. Let's see how your pressure is. Kidney disease is a silent disease, especially kidney disease in the early stages. People feel fine. Actually, they have no symptoms whatsoever. When a person has high blood pressure or diabetes or kidney disease, their family members are at risk. It's necessary that they be tested as well so that they can be treated early, if possible, if they do have that. Patients who have family members with diabetes or with family members with high blood pressure, especially in African-Americans, we know that these diseases put them at high risk for developing kidney disease. And high blood pressure does run in our family. I knew that. I didn't know at the time that high blood pressure was affiliated with right kidney disease. I never thought about getting tested for it until after my mom found out she had kidney disease. And then my mom said, well, you got to get tested. You got to get tested. If you got, like, hypertension, diabetes or kidney disease, if it runs in your family, you need to definitely get yourself checked out. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to be tested for kidney disease. The test for kidney disease is very simple. It's either a blood test or a urine test. We usually send the test results, come back within a day or two. We'll call you when we get the results and you can come in and we'll talk about it. Dionne, would you come back, please? For Dionne's sake and my sake, I encourage Dionne to go get tested for the kidney disease so that if he is diagnosed with it, he can catch it, where he can get some help so he can know what's going on. It is important for Dionne to get tested because his mom does have kidney disease and diabetes and hypertension. So he is at risk for developing these things, so it's important for him to get tested on a regular basis. Once you get the diagnosis of kidney disease, it's not something that patients should look on. There's therapy, there's treatment available, but you have to come in, you have to be tested and treatment has to be started. What we do is we try to figure out what's caused the kidney disease, whether it's related to diabetes. Maybe he's not aware that he has diabetes or he's not aware that he has high blood pressure because like kidney disease, high blood pressure is asymptomatic, meaning you don't really have symptoms. And diabetes in the early stages, you don't really have symptoms either. If we catch the disease early, it's very treatable. We have better medications nowadays to treat kidney disease. We can actually halt the progression of kidney disease. We must make the diagnosis early in order to kind of slow things down. Everybody, it's time to eat. Dinner's ready. I try to express the importance of, you know, being healthy to my son and my grandchildren. I want to be around to see the kids grow older. So I mean, I stress that to myself to have myself checked out. For more information, call toll-free 1866-454-3639 or visit our website at www.nkdep.nih.gov. Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Kidney Disease Education Program presents You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease For physical, they found out that I had diabetes. I was having a lot of problems and my kidneys, the filters had already started to deteriorate. I had no idea that the kidneys were so important. It wasn't much they could do to, you know, repair it. My cold, my son explained to him that eventually I was going to have to do a dialysis. Charlene, how are you today? Fine, how are you doing? Very good. Come on in. They started me on dialysis last May. I actually didn't know if it's something that just happens overnight or, you know, over a certain period of time and I just didn't know, you know, what causes it. Let's see how your pressure is. Kidney disease is a silent disease, especially kidney disease in the early stages. People feel fine. Actually, they have no symptoms whatsoever. When a person has high blood pressure or diabetes or kidney disease, their family members are at risk. It's necessary that they be tested as well so that they can be treated early, if possible, if they do have that. Patients who have family members with diabetes or with family members with high blood pressure, especially in African-Americans, we know that these diseases put them at higher risk for developing kidney disease. And high blood pressure does run in our family. I knew that. I didn't know at the time that high blood pressure was affiliated with kidney disease. I never thought I would get tested for it until after my mom found out she had kidney disease and then my mom said, well, you got to get tested, you got to get tested. If you got hypertension, diabetes or kidney disease, if it runs in your family, you need to definitely get yourself checked out. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to be tested for kidney disease. The test for kidney disease is very simple. It's either a blood test or a urine test. We usually send the test results, come back within a day or two. We'll call you when we get the results and you can come in and we'll talk about it. Dion, would you come back, please? For Dion's sake, I am my sake. I encourage Dion to go get tested for the kidney disease so that if he is diagnosed with it, he can catch it, where he can get some help so he can know what's going on. It is important for Dion to get tested because his mom does have kidney disease and diabetes and hypertension. So he is at risk for developing these things, so it's important for him to get tested on a regular basis. Once you get the diagnosis of kidney disease, it's not something that patients should look on gloomily. There's therapy, there's treatment available, but you have to come in and you have to be tested and treatment has to be started. What we do is we try to figure out what's caused the kidney disease, whether it's related to diabetes. Maybe he's not aware that he has diabetes or he's not aware that he has high blood pressure because like kidney disease, high blood pressure is asymptomatic, meaning you don't really have symptoms. And diabetes in your early stages, you don't really have symptoms either. If we catch the disease early, it's very treatable. We have better medications nowadays to treat kidney disease. We can actually halt the progression of kidney disease. We must make the diagnosis early in order to kind of slow things down. Okay everybody, it's time to eat. Dinner's ready. I try to express the importance of, you know, being healthy to my son and my grandchildren. I want to be around the city kids, grow older. So I mean, I stress that to myself to have myself checked out. For more information, call toll-free 1866-454-3639 or visit our website at www.nkdep.nih.gov Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Kidney Disease Education Program presents You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease. I went for physical and they found out that I had diabetes. I was having a lot of problems and my kidneys, the filters had already started to deteriorate. I had no idea that the kidneys were so important. It wasn't much they could do to, you know, repair it. My calls, my son explained to him that eventually I was going to have to do a dialysis. Hi, Charlene. How are you today? Fine. Very good. Come on in. They started me on dialysis last May. I actually didn't know if it's something that just happens overnight or, you know, over a certain period of time and I just didn't know, you know, what caused it. Let's see how your pressure is. Kidney disease is a silent disease. Especially kidney disease in the early stages, people feel fine. Actually they have no symptoms whatsoever. When a person has high blood pressure or diabetes or kidney disease, their family members are at risk. It's necessary that they be tested as well. So that they can be treated early if possible if they do have that. Patients who have family members with diabetes or who have family members with high blood pressure, especially in African Americans, we know that these diseases are put them at higher risk for developing kidney disease. And high blood pressure does run in our family. I knew that. I didn't know at the time that high blood pressure was affiliated with right kidney disease. I never thought about getting tested for it until after my mom found out she had kidney disease and then my mom said, well, you got to get tested, you got to get tested. If you got, like, hypertension, diabetes or kidney disease, if it runs in your family, you need to definitely have yourself checked out. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to be tested for kidney disease. The test for kidney disease is very simple. It's either a blood test or a urine test. We usually send the test results come back within a day or two. We'll call you when we get the results and you can come in and we'll talk about it. Dionne, would you come back, please? For Dionne's sake, I am my sake. I encourage Dionne to go get tested for the kidney disease so that if he is diagnosed with it, he can catch it, where he can get some help so he can know what's going on. It is important for Dionne to get tested because his mom does have kidney disease and diabetes and hypertension. So he is at risk for developing these things. So it's important for him to get tested on a regular basis. Once you get the diagnosis of kidney disease, it's not something that patients should look on. Gloomally, there's therapy, there's treatment available, but you have to come in, you have to be tested and treatment has to be started. What we do is we try to figure out what's caused the kidney disease, whether it's related to diabetes. Maybe he's not aware that he has diabetes or he's not aware that he has high blood pressure because, like, kidney disease, high blood pressure is asymptomatic. Meaning you don't really have symptoms. And diabetes in your early stages, you don't really have symptoms either. If we catch the disease early, it's very treatable. We have better medications nowadays to treat kidney disease. We can actually halt the progression of kidney disease. We must make the diagnosis early in order to kind of slow things down. Okay, everybody, it's time to eat dinner. It's ready. Well, I try to express the importance of, you know, being healthy to my son and my grandchildren. I want to be around to see the kids grow older. So, I mean, I stress that to myself to have myself checked out. For more information, call toll-free 1-866-454-3639. Or visit our website at www.nkdep.nih.gov. Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Kidney Disease Education Program presents You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease. I went for physical, and they found out that I had diabetes. I was having a lot of problems, and my kidneys, the filters had already started to deteriorate. I had no idea that the kidneys were so important. It wasn't much they could do to, you know, repair it. I called my son, explained to him that eventually I was going to have to do a dialysis. Charlene, how are you today? Fine, very good. Come on in. They started me on dialysis last May. I actually didn't know if it's something that just happens overnight or, you know, over a certain period of time, and I just didn't know, you know, what causes it. Well, let's see how your pressure is. Kidney disease is a silent disease, especially kidney disease in the early stages. People feel fine. Actually, they have no symptoms whatsoever. When a person has high blood pressure or diabetes or kidney disease, their family members are at risk. It's necessary that they be tested as well, so that they can be treated early, if possible, if they do have that. Patients who have family members with diabetes or who have family members with high blood pressure, especially in African Americans, we know that these diseases are put them at high risk for developing kidney disease. And high blood pressure does run in our family. I knew that. I didn't know at the time that high blood pressure was affiliated with kidney disease. I never thought I would get tested for it until after my mom found out she had kidney disease and then my mom said, well, you've got to get tested. You've got to get tested. If you've got hypertension, diabetes or kidney disease, if it runs in your family, you need to definitely get yourself checked out. The only way to tell if you have kidney disease is to be tested for kidney disease. The test for kidney disease is very simple. It's either a blood test or a urine test. We usually send the test results come back within a day or two. We'll call you when we get the results and you can come in and we'll talk about it. Dionne, would you come back, please? For Dionne's sake and my sake, I encourage Dionne to go get tested for the kidney disease so that if he is diagnosed with it, he can catch it where he can get some help so he can know what's going on. It is important for Dionne to get tested because his mom does have kidney disease and diabetes and hypertension. So he is at risk for developing these things, so it's important for him to get tested on a regular basis. Once you get the diagnosed with kidney disease, it's not something that patients should look on. Gloomally, there's therapy, there's treatment available, but you have to come in, you have to be tested and treatment has to be started. What we do is we try to figure out what's caused the kidney disease, whether it's related to diabetes. Maybe he's not aware that he has diabetes or he's not aware that he has high blood pressure because like kidney disease, high blood pressures is asymptomatic, meaning you don't really have symptoms. And diabetes in the early stages, you don't really have symptoms either. Thank you. If we catch the disease early, it's very treatable. We have better medications nowadays to treat kidney disease. We can actually halt the progression of kidney disease. We must make the diagnosis early in order to kind of slow things down. See everybody, it's time to eat dinner's ready. I try to express the importance of, you know, being healthy to my son and my grandchildren. I want to be around the city kids grow older, so I mean, I stress that to myself to have myself checked out. For more information, call toll-free 1-866-454-3639. Or visit our website at www.nkdep.nih.gov. Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.