Over 37 million American adults have CKD, CKD often has no symptoms until the kidneys fail and it’s too late for preventive treatment. 90 % of those with kidney disease don’t know they have it.  Early detection can help prevent the progression of kidney disease to kidney failure. When your kidneys fail, it requires dialysis or a kidney transplant in order to maintain life. Kidney disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide.

Dialysis is a treatment for kidney failure that rids your body of unwanted toxins, waste products and excess fluids by filtering your blood. This treatment requires surgical placement of an access and treatments ranging from daily to three times weekly. Over 560,000 people in the United States requires dialysis to maintain life. There is NO cure for kidney disease!! Receiving a kidney transplant or dialysis are your only two options. Over sixty thousand people die each year from kidney disease.