Manage Health Problems
There are steps you can take to protect your kidneys. These can range from keeping other health problems in control to changing some parts of your lifestyle. If you are overweight, losing weight can help protect your kidneys. The changes are worth it. Having even a little bit of kidney function is much better than not having any.
Two health problems cause most of the kidney failure in the U.S.: diabetes and high blood pressure.
- To learn more about diabetes, visit How to Slow Kidney Disease: When You Have Diabetes.
- To learn more about high blood pressure, visit How to Slow Kidney Disease: When You Have High Blood Pressure.