Understanding You're Not Alone in This Journey with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Understanding the early symptoms and risk factors helps you catch CKD before it progresses, giving you the best possible outcomes for your health journey.
Here's what we want you to know: while CKD is serious, you have more control than you might think. With the right guidance from your care team, you can actively manage this condition.
Chronic Kidney Disease affects 1 in 10 Americans over age 20, yet it often develops quietly without obvious warning signs. We understand this can feel overwhelming when you're first learning about CKD, especially knowing it's the ninth leading cause of death in the United States.
Our Northwest Florida physicians have been supporting patients and families through every stage of CKD for over 25 years, providing the education and comprehensive treatment you need.
The National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative for Clinical Practice Guidelines on CKD outlines the stages for evaluation, classification and treatment strategy.
This universal classification system enables providers to develop an action plan tailored to the stage of the disease. Some key factors in managing CKD include nutrition, blood pressure monitoring, stress management and dialysis. Our goal is to identify and reduce the risk factors associated with loss of kidney function by creating an action plan and closely monitoring the GFR to determine the effectiveness of our efforts.
90 ml/min/1.73m2 Kidney damage with normal or high GFR
60 to 89 ml/min/1.73m2 Kidney damage with mild decreased GFR
30 to 59 ml/min/1.73m2 Moderately decreased GFR
15 to 29 ml/min/1.73m2 Severely decreased GFR
<15 ml/min/1.73m2 Kidney Failure
Whether you're seeking a second opinion, need ongoing management for a diagnosed condition, or want to explore treatment possibilities, we're here to listen to your concerns and help you find the path forward that gives you the most confidence and peace of mind
