Are your Kidneys OK?

Take this quiz to test your knowledge about kidneys and find out if you may be at risk of kidney disease.

  1. How many kidneys do people usually have?
    One
    Two
    More than two
     
  2. Your kidneys are located just above the small of your back, how large are your kidneys?
    The size of your fist
    The size of a ping-pong ball
    The size of a peanut
     
  3. Your kidneys perform many critical functions. What are they?
    Process/clean blood and filter out extra water and waste
    Release hormones
    Regulate water and chemicals in the blood like sodium and potassium
    Remove some drugs and toxins from the blood
    All of the above
     
  4. Every day our kidneys perform an essential job of filtering how many liters of blood?
    1
    50
    200
     
  5. The most commons cause(s) of kidney disease in most parts of the world are:
    Diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension)
    Kidney stones
    Inherited diseases such as polycystic kidney disease
     
  6. How many adults worldwide have some form of kidney damage?
    About 1 out of 10
    About 1 out of 1000
    About 1 out of 10 000
     
  7. Anaemia is a very frequent complication of chronic kidney disease. Anaemia is when a person has:
    Low blood pressure
    Too many white blood cells
    Lower than normal amounts of red blood cells in the blood
     
  8. True or false: chronic kidney disease increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes
    True
    False
     
  9. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is present when the kidneys can no longer fully perform their functions. What complications can CKD lead to?
    High blood pressure
    Anaemia
    Heart and blood vessel disease
    All of the above
     
  10. Are the symptoms of chronic kidney disease easy to recognize?
    Yes, you can easily tell a person has chronic kidney disease
    No, the symptoms sound like many common illnesses
     
  11. Are there treatments for chronic kidney disease?
    Yes
    No
     
  12. If you have chronic kidney disease and you do not get medical care, is your health more likely to get worse?
    Yes, my health is likely to get worse
    No, my health is not more likely to get worse

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