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Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP™)

KEEP Your Kidneys: Create Creatinine Awareness

Rebecca Schmidt, M.D., and Barbara Weaver, R.N., discuss symptoms with Roy Haddix, a patient at the Elkins chronic kidney disease clinic.KEEP is a free health screening program offered by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) for individuals at increased risk of developing kidney disease.

The KEEP Your Kidneys program was created to promote kidney disease education as well as a systematic approach to improving recognition and diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in West Virginia.

Screening for kidney disease is simple and inexpensive and starts with identification of individuals at risk. KEEP screenings are open to the public and held in conjunction with statewide education programs for citizens and primary health care givers.

National Kidney Foundation Kidney Early Evaluation Program LogoKidney disease can happen to anyone and can affect people of all ages. Because the symptoms of kidney disease are often silent, many people have no symptoms and the disease goes unrecognized until it is too late.

If kidney disease is diagnosed early, the complications of kidney failure specifically cardiovascular disease, may be prevented.

Click here to see the schedule of KEEP Screening events

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