慢性腎臟病 Chronic Kidney Disease

慢性腎臟疾病影響著全球大約8.5億人，超過人口的10%。這種情況是由於腎臟逐漸損傷，使它們無法正常運作所引起的。由於大多數時候在疾病的後期才出現症狀，所以大多數人都無法及早診斷，每年有數百萬人因患有慢性腎臟疾病及相關併發症而過早去世。腎臟、心臟和代謝系統之間有著密切聯繫，它們可以相互積極或消極地影響對方。它們通過血液循環、激素和中樞神經系統相互聯繫。

Chronic kidney disease affects approximately 850 million people worldwide which is more than ten percent of the population. The condition is caused by progressive damage to the kidneys, that prevents them from working as well as they should. With it mostly being asymptomatic (no symptoms) until later stages of the condition, most people go undiagnosed and every year millions die prematurely from CKD and related complications. The kidneys, the heart and the metabolic system have an important connection as they have the potential to both positively and negatively impact each other. They are linked to one another through blood flow, hormones and the central nervous system.