 Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Vipin Kavarappa. I'm the Consultant Ethnologist and Transnap Physician at Manipal Hospital Mysore. Every year the second Thursday of March we celebrate as work in a day. Not only in India, it's celebrated across the world across all the continents. Now why do we need to celebrate work in a day? If you look at the latest statistics, you realize that across the globe, one in every 10 adults suffer from a form of kidney disease called as chronic kidney disease. CKD or chronic kidney disease is an irreversible form of kidney disease and it's imperative that we create awareness among the general public about this particular disease and prevent them from getting this disease. We impart knowledge regarding the kidneys, its health and various ways how we can prevent these kidneys from getting affected from various diseases. Now one of the most common questions which I get during my general practice and these questions not only come from the patients, it comes from everyone from all departments is that how do you prevent yourself from kidney diseases? There are few golden rules which we say needs to be followed if you want to prevent yourself from kidney disease. These are one of course keep yourself fit, be active. Normally we say you have to do about 30 minutes of exercise every day or some sort of activity every day but I would say push it up a little more. Dedicate one hour a day for your health that will go a long way. Heat, healthy, make sure your dietary habits are very well kept. Avoid sugars as much as possible. Avoid excess of salt intake. Make sure you don't eat outside especially the junk food and stick to home cooked meals as much as possible. If you are a diabetic make sure you check yourself regularly and take your medications regularly. Sugar should be under control. If you are hypertensive make sure your blood pressure is under control. If not visit a physician so that your drugs can be modified and your blood pressure is under control. Avoid smoking. If you are a smoker quit smoking. Drink adequate amount of water. Hydrate yourself adequately. Now this is a tricky question and a tricky answer because if you already suffer from kidney disease then we advise them water restriction not hydration. But you're looking at preventing yourself from some sort of a kidney problem then we say you hydrate yourself correctly. Make sure you don't take any sort of over the counter medications. Most commonly we have a habit of taking painkillers unnecessarily. Painkillers sometimes can't be avoided because if there is extreme pain you need to take them but make sure you consult a physician or a doctor and only if the doctor advises those medications only then you take them and even if you take them don't take them regularly on a daily basis. If you're suffering from any sort of a high-risk disease for example if somebody is suffering from diabetes or somebody suffering from hypertension or somebody has a family stress kidney disease then make sure you check your kidney functions regularly. These steps go a long way in preventing yourself from developing kidney disease not only kidney disease in fact if you follow these steps you can predict yourself from cardiac diseases, diabetes, hypertension and various life and life diseases. Thank you.