Texas Kidney Check

03/16/2018

ATTENTION: The 'Texas Kidney Check' Facebook will deactivate next Friday, March 23rd. For all upcoming kidney screenings and information on chronic kidney disease please visit the Texas Kidney Foundation Facebook or visit our website at www.txkidney.org.

Thank you so much!

-TKF Team

The Texas Kidney Foundation The Vision of the State of Texas Kidney Foundation is to become a positive collaborative force in bringing kidney awareness, education, and prevention resources to a region disproportionately hit by this devastating disease. What We Do At the Texas Kidney Foundation, we w...

03/10/2018

Great health screening event in Laredo, TX, at the Holding Institute. A very BIG THANK YOU to the Texas A&M students for their much needed assistance. And a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to the UT Health McGovern Houston Medical School students for all their great work. What an awesome team. Looking forward to working with all of you again.

03/04/2018

Kidney Statistics

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is often called the silent killer because the symptoms are easily explained away as being from another cause. Left undiagnosed and untreated, kidneys may stop functioning all together and result in End Stage Renal Desease (ESRD). ESRD is irreversible and can easily be treated with dialysis or transplant.

More than 5,000 individuals in the San Antonio area currently receive regular dialysis treatment as a result of ESRD.

9.1% of all Texas ESRD patients live in and around Bexar County.

63,000+ Texans are receiving renal replacement therapy to stay alive.

The ESRD NETWORK reports the rate of prevalence for CKD in South Texas is 3.8 times higher than the national average.

In the United States, diabetes and hypertension are the leading causes of ESRD, accounting for 72% of new cases.

Each day 50 gallons of blood are filtered through 140 miles of tubes and million of filters within the kidneys.

The body's total blood supply circulates through the kidneys about 12 times.

Kidneys filter about 200 quarts of blood a day.

Kidneys receive 20-25% of all the blood pumped by the heart.

03/04/2018

Found on Google from ghr.nlm.nih.gov

02/08/2018

Saturday health fair at Ingram Mall is CANCELLED we were too late to register for the event. See you all on the 17th. Thank you for all you do.

02/07/2018

Screening schedule for February 2018.

01/20/2018

Starting 2018 with an awesome message. Thank you Dr. Butt for all the work you put into these educational videos.

01/16/2018

Texas All-star Gym Health Fair has been cancelled for today due to weather conditions. Sorry for the inconvenience but we will .....see you at the next health fair.

12/05/2017

Thank you Dr Butt for all you do to bring awareness and education on the risk factors of Chronic Kidney Disease.

11/23/2017

Happy Thanksgiving, may your day be blessed today and everyday of the year.

11/11/2017

Health screening in Arlington TX with Dr P. Lohiya, Dr. Truong, Dr. Sarfaraz, Dr. Thomas and the Dallas Renal Group at the YMCA.

11/09/2017

SPURS COYOTE actively promoting health by checking his blood pressure at the Texas Kidney Check Screening event Nov.4th.
High blood pressure is the second leading cause of chronic kidney disease. Like high blood glucose , high blood pressure can also damage the filters in your kidneys. Almost 1 in 5 adults with high blood pressure has CKD. (NIH)
For information on future screening sites go to: txkidney.org