Statistics showed that*

• Singapore ranks 1st in the world for diabetes-induced kidney failure
• Singapore ranks 6th in the world for existing cases of kidney failure
• Singapore ranks 3rd in the world for new cases of kidney failure
• More than 300,000 people in Singapore suffer from chronic kidney disease; many remain undiagnosed

*National Kidney Foundation, Singapore

In the early stages of kidney disease, the patient may be totally healthy with no symptoms. But as time passes, symptoms may start to surface by itself.

Symptoms of Kidney Failure

• High blood pressure
• Numbness of the feet
• Swelling of the legs (called Oedema)
• Breathlessness
• Cramps
• Poor sleep, loss of appetite and lethargy
• Bad smell in the breath called a uraemic fetor
• Passing excessive urine especially at night (called Nocturia), or conversely too little urine.
• Blood in the urine, which implicating underlying kidney disease

Therefore, it is necessary to start renal screening as early as possible in your health journey. In addition to a physical examination, patients frequently require both urine and blood tests to detect renal illness. These kidney function tests measure how efficiently your kidneys are operating. The majority of them assess how well your kidneys remove waste from your system. The presence of blood, a condition known as haematuria, is frequently detected in the urine.

Be responsible of your own renal health today by going for renal health screening test in our clinic at Whampoa West. (Next to Boon Keng MRT)