{"id":1425,"date":"2021-03-11T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2021-03-11T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T09:21:00","slug":"world-kidney-day-11th-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/2021\/03\/11\/world-kidney-day-11th-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"World Kidney Day 11th March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday March 11th 2021 is World Kidney Day.<\/p>\n<p>World Kidney Day is an annual campaign to help raise awareness of kidneys and show the suffering caused when they don\u2019t work properly. It also aims to educate people on what kidneys do and how to improve your kidney health.<\/p>\n<p>The Kidney Charities Together Group co-ordinates the World Kidney Day activity in the UK. The Group consists of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/britishrenal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Renal Society<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneycareuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kidney Care UK<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kidney Research UK<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kidney.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Kidney Federation<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pkdcharity.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Charity,<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/renal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Renal Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneywales.cymru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kidney Wales<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what do our kidneys do?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They remove toxins, excess water and waste products.<\/li>\n<li>They are vital in regulating your blood pressure.<\/li>\n<li>They activate vitamin D to help keep your bones and muscles in good shape.<\/li>\n<li>They\u2019re essential for a healthy body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>www.worldkidneyday.co.uk share what you can do to improve your kidney health:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/03\/How-To-Improve-Your-Kidney-Health.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1427\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/03\/How-To-Improve-Your-Kidney-Health.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further information regarding your kidneys, how to keep them healthy and the different symptoms to look out for please see the following NHS links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/healthy-body\/keeping-your-kidneys-healthy\/\">Keeping your kidneys healthy &#8211; NHS (www.nhs.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/kidney-disease\/\">Chronic kidney disease &#8211; NHS (www.nhs.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/kidney-infection\/\">Kidney infection &#8211; NHS (www.nhs.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday March 11th 2021 is World Kidney Day. 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