WARNING STATUS OF CKD IN THE PHILIPPINES
Chronic kidney disease leads easily to the risk of chronic kidney failure and loss of kidney function, requiring renal replacement therapy such as dialysis or kidney transplant.
In the PHILIPPINES, there are no official statistics, it is estimated about 5 million people have kidney failure and there are about 8,000 new cases every year. Only patients with end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis are about 800,000 people, accounting for 0.1% of the population. The main causes are kidney diseases, high blood pressure, and diabetes. The progression of chronic kidney disease leads likely to chronic kidney failure, and loss of kidney function, and the patient must use alternative treatment measures.