Waterview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Highlights World Kidney Day

FLUSHING, N.Y. - March 16, 2015 - PRLog -- Every year March is known for its "Madness," unfortunately too many people are watching basketball to shift their awareness towards something that affects 26 million American adults while millions of others are at increased risk. So what is Chronic Kidney Disease? According to Worldkidneyday.org, "Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive loss in kidney function over a period of months or years. Each of your kidneys has about a million tiny filters, called nephrons. If nephrons are damaged, they stop working. For a while, healthy nephrons can take on the extra work. But if the damage continues, more and more nephrons shut down. After a certain point, the nephrons that are left cannot filter your blood well enough to keep you healthy."

REMEMBER:

There are no signs or symptoms to show the early stages of (CKD).
Unfortunately Chronic Kidney Disease is not known to go away once infected
On the bright side, CKD is something that can be treated. Keep in mind that the sooner you act on receiving treatment, the more effective it will be.
Checking for Kidney Disease is as simple as taking a blood and urine test.
Without proper treatment kidney disease can progress to kidney failure.

According to studies 1 in 10 people have some level of CKD which can develop at any age, however, age will greatly increase the likelihood of contracting the disease. Estimates show that 1 in 5 men and 1 in 4 women between the ages of 65-74 have CKD and Waterview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center would like to help your loved ones get better every step of the way.

Waterview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a premier 191-bed skilled nursing and comprehensive care facility serving the healthcare needs of Flushing, New York. Services include exceptional short-term rehab for individuals coming from an acute-care setting, long-term care, an Alzheimer's/Dementia program, hospice and more. Waterview's highly trained team of physical, occupational and speech therapists carefully tailor unique recovery programs for each resident.

Feel free to visit Waterview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at 119-15 27th Avenue, Flushing, New York 11354, for a tour of the facility. Kindly contact Michael Berger, Administrator, at 718-461-5000 or check us out online at www.WaterviewNursing.com. Like us at Facebook.com/pages/Waterview-Nursing-Rehabilitation-Center/509945629051489. Follow us at Twitter.com/WaterviewNH. Join us at Google.com/+Waterviewnursing.