Marion County kidney dialysis patient and patient representative Cheryl Holloway warned that kidney disease is becoming an epidemic in Marion County and that dialysis is on the rise.
The reason it's on the rise in the county, several, including Holloway, surmised at a meeting on Tuesday, is that many have the symptoms of kidney disease long before they are able, through Medicare or Medicaid, to get diagnosis and treatment. Many just do not have health care to cover the cost of finding out if something is wrong with them, doctors and pastors at the meeting said.
For the past 30 years or so Holloway has been on dialysis, something that is not a life-ending thing, she said, but a second chance at life. Kidney disease, she said, is preventable, and treatable, if the proper tests are given.
We can slow the epidemic down, Holloway said, if more screenings are made available to county residents most at risk for the disease.
Additionally, Robert Coaxum with the state's Integrated Database, a State Budget and Control Board, Office of Research and Statistics program, said, knowing the statistics of a disease and getting the proper resources to those areas may help Marion County residents
The National Kidney Foundation of South Carolina's community leaders breakfast, made possible by a grant from BlueCross BlueShield, brought about 40 Marion County pastors, doctors, community leaders and public officials together to discuss how to fight kidney disease. Attacking the disease with screenings, education and follow up will likely bring down the numbers of those suffering from the disease, they were told.
For a complete story on this event, see the Wednesday, Dec. 12 issue of the Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise. To learn more about fighting kidney disease in South Carolina, visit www.kidneysc.org.
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Published: December 04, 2007
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