SPov: What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)?

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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has emerged as a significant health concern in the Philippines, ranking among the leading causes of death in the country, with projections indicating that 1 in 10 Filipinos will develop this life-threatening disease.  Here's Smart Parenting Squad Member KC Vicedo taking us through the her husband's experience with CKD, along side her learnings from this Smart Parenting article: https://bit.ly/3yU2HxD  #SPParentPOV #SmartParentingSquad #SmartParenting

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00:00In sickness and in health, that's what we swore when we got married.

00:05And the biggest hurdle that we experienced is when we found out that my husband has chronic kidney disease or CKD.

00:16It all started with a toothache.

00:19One time, my husband experienced toothache so he went to his dentist.

00:26And then the dentist said he needed to have a root canal.

00:31So before proceeding, he checked his blood pressure and he saw that his BP was high.

00:38So he told him that he needed to go to his doctor to get clearance.

00:43But his doctor didn't give him clearance because he wanted him to have a lab test first.

00:50That's when we found out that his creatinine was too high.

00:55His creatinine level was already 800 and the normal was only around 100.

01:02At first, my husband didn't want to get a dialysis so we tried alternative medicine.

01:09But after a few months, he started to have congestion in his lungs and he started to feel pain in his face and legs.

01:19So we had no choice but to start his dialysis.

01:23Having a chronic kidney disease is life-changing but it's not a life sentence.

01:29So it's important that you're knowledgeable about it.

01:33There's an article at Smart Parenting that is very informative about chronic kidney disease.

01:39Go check it out at the link in my bio.

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