2024-04-03 Instagram Live - Kidney Q&A

Living Well with Kidney Disease

IG Live – April 3rd: The DPC Education Center’s Health Care Consultant, Dr. Scantlebury, is back to answer your most pressing questions about all things kidneys. This month, you wanted to know about why it's important to keep your phosphorous levels down as a dialysis patient, how to feel more comfortable about the transplant process, and the parathyroid gland.

One of the many things dialysis patients have to watch is their phosphorus levels. Patients are prescribed and told to take binder and which foods and drinks they should avoid, but it’s not always explained why it’s important to keep phosphorus levels down. Dr. Scantlebury provides an in-depth explanation about how phosphorus creates plaque in patients’ blood vessels, which makes it much more difficult to be abel to transplant. Dr. Scantlebury also provides some insight as to ways patients can feel more comfortable about the transplant process, as well as discussing the parathyroid gland. She highlights what this gland is responsible for, how it might misfunction when a patient goes on dialysis, and potential treatments should your parathyroid gland begin to function incorrectly.

Give us a listen to hear all this and more important information for living well with kidney disease. If you have your own questions you’d like to have the doctor answer, tune in for our Live events on both Instagram and Facebook:

• IG Live @patientcitizens the first Wednesday of each month, 12:30pm EST
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