The nephrology and dialysis myths that seriously affect the population’s health, according to doctors of the BB-Dializa Center of Chisinau, were commented on by specialists in a news conference on July 13. There was also presented the first information portal intended for persons interested in issues related to kidney diseases - www.dializa, IPN reports.
The Center’s medical director Petru Cepoida said one of the myths is that chronic kidney diseases are rare and are met in elderly people. The chronic kidney diseases are rather often and are met in youths to adults able to work. 10% of the Dialysis Center’s patients are under 25.
Petru Cepoida noted they say that if you don’t have pain, you are healthy or if you have backache, you have kidney problems. These are myths. The backaches, frequent and painful micturition and enuresis are symptoms typical of urinary infections that usually do not lead to chronic renal insufficiency. It is not true that one should drink at least two liters of water a day to be healthy. The drinking of too much water is contraindicated in kidney diseases. The assertion that most of the women suffer from chronic pyelonephritis is not true and they so because the ultrasonography and/or lab results are often misinterpreted.
The doctor said the assertion that the diagnosis of conical kidney diseases is expensive and implies a number of examinations is also a myth as the diagnosis in over 90% of the cases requires a limited number of simple tests and examinations that are accessible at district level.
“If I enter dialysis, I have several more month to live” is another myth as the patients live for about ten years on average while on dialysis.
Doctors deny that chronic renal insufficiency treated by dialysis fully disables the patients as these can have a practically normal life if they follow the recommendations of doctors and receive appropriate treatment.
The BB-Dializa Center of Chisinau launched the first information portal about dialysis. The Center’s brand manager Svetlana Chitanu said their former website was transformed from a corporate one into an information one for the patients’ benefit. “Those who wanted to know us know already who we are. Now our patients should know what they have to do so that the quality of their life improves. To obtain accurate information, they should only visit dializa.md,” stated Svetlana Chitanu.
The BB-Dializa Centers in Chisinau and Balti serve over 500 patients, which is five in six persons in Moldova who need dialysis. The patients benefit from high-quality dialysis services based on a health policy. Acceding to official reports, about 600 patients in Moldova are on dialysis.
