Poverty, premature birth identified as major risk to kidney disease, says expert
Dr Elliot Tannor, a nephrologist, has said education is key in preventing kidney disease
A nephrologist and founder of Kidney Health International, Dr Elliot Tannor has said poverty and premature birth has been identified as major risk to kidney disease in Ghana.
Speaking to Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show on the occasion of World Kidney Day, Thursday ( 14 March), Tannor said education is key in averting kidney disease.
“Sometimes poverty is a big issue by itself, its a major risk factor depending on where you are born and the kind of circumstances in which you are born also increases your risk.
“Being born premature also tends to increase your risk of kidney disease because you expect that at nine months your kidneys would have formed well but if you are born a bit earlier you start with a low number in terms of the functional unit.”
“So before time you realise that your kidney function deteriorates and there are so many risk factors, so that is why we take the advantage on day like World Kidney Day to educate the public for them to take preventive measures,” Tannor said.
Listen to Dr Elliot Tannor in the attached audio clip below:
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
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