Half of life-threatening kidney disease cases remain undiagnosed, experts have warned.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) often does not present symptoms until the organs are about to fail, leaving an estimated one million people unaware they are ill.
Clinicians are now calling on the NHS to roll out a urine test to catch the disease early.
‘Simple tests can increase early detection of CKD,’ says Professor Adeera Levin, a kidney expert at the University of British Columbia.
‘We now have a terrific array of medications to delay or indeed stop kidney disease progressing, so that early identification is really important.’
CKD affects more than seven million
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