Luanda - Self-medication, using antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, can lead to chronic renal failure, due to drug toxicity, the president of the College of Nephrology of the Angola's Doctors Order of Doctors, José Malanda warned today, Tuesday, in Luanda.
Speaking to ANGOP, as part of World Kidney Day, which takes place on Thursday, March 14th, he said that there are medicines that are toxic to the kidney and, if the dosage is not correctly calculated, it can affect the organ,
The disease is characterized by the progressive loss of the kidneys' ability to filter blood, which leads patients to hemodialysis.
According to José Malanda, there are a large number of people who are in the habit of self-medicating and some of these drugs are purchased in informal markets with poor preservation quality.
On the other hand, the expert also drew attention to the excessive consumption of natural or industrialized tea, remembering that teas do not replace the consumption of water.
“There are people who carry large quantities of teas to drink throughout the day and many of them are diuretics that can dry out the body too much, leading to dehydration,” he said.
He asserted that the kidney is an organ that lacks sufficient water to circulate and, in the event of a shortage, it blocks, causing serious problems in its functioning.
The kidneys are fundamental in the functioning of the body. They filter the blood and help eliminate toxins from the body.
Angola has more than 14 Hemodialysis Centers.
From this perspective, it has the capacity to carry out more than eight thousand hemodialysis sessions/week, a procedure that did not happen in past years when hospitalized patients waited for a place in dialysis services.
The Ministry of Health has been working on the aspect of prevention, which allows for early diagnosis of patients suffering from kidney disease, the response to which is limited to the construction of several hemodialysis centers in all provinces. EVC/Art/CF/DOJ
