Kidney Friends

EL PASO, Oct 16, 2008 (El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — DVA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Behind the cute kitty-wearing-sneakers logo for Sunday’s KAT Walk-a-thon is a serious message about the dangers of chronic kidney disease.

An estimated 26 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease, and 325,000 have kidney failure and are on dialysis. Most people who have it don’t know it.

Francisco Rodriguez, a surgical technician, discovered he had kidney disease after his vision became blurry at times.

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Hundreds of bicyclists hit the back roads of Waupaca County on Monday, pedaling to raise awareness of kidney disease and raise funds for those stricken by it.

You don’t have to be a professional bicyclist to be a part of this ride up hills, on country roads, and through town. You just have to want to be a part of a good cause.

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COLUMBIA — Eric Sherron’s health four years ago was declining, and he didn’t know why.
He suffered through consistent headaches, horrible tastes in his mouth, and skyrocketing blood pressure.
“The defining moment leading up to my diagnosis was my visual problem,” Sherron, 37, said. “I couldn’t see out of my left eye one day when I was hiking. Everything was blurry.”
A blood test revealed the problem: Sherron’s kidneys were functioning 8 percent as well as they should have been. He would need a transplant, and in April of 2005 his mother, Linda Sherron, donated one of her kidneys.

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Herman James Jr. hands his son, Nahjeer Bryant, 7, a bottle of Gatorade as he comes to the sideline for a water break during practice with the Nuccio Jaguars. The 60 kids get breaks for water every 20 minutes, and James makes sure his sons drink.

TAMPA — From the rim of the big grassy football bowl, two fathers watch the action on this August evening. Each has a 7-year-old son learning to throw and catch. The boys, in padded armor, are being taught by coaches built like double-door refrigerators. The coaches are volunteers, men who don’t strip off neckties to coach. Many have physical, outdoor jobs. They sweat all day. They come straight from work. They don’t get supper until after 9 for five nights a week.

That’s how it has been for 40 years in the Tampa Bay Youth Football League. The beneficiaries have been tens of thousands of boys, rich and poor.

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Allot adequate time for physical activities, says Dr Leeds.

WE have heard it all before. Obesity is on the rise and is considered a major health epidemic.

Being obese means there are risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, hypertension, kidney disease and stroke, among others.

To manage obesity, the oft-heard advice from doctors and experts is to diet — by eating healthy food which means more fruits and vegetables — and engage in physical activities.

A sedentary lifestyle, after all, leads to obesity.
However, according to one expert, encouraging obese people to exercise is fine but there has not been enough guidance on how much exercise is needed.

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