by Jim Myers There is a connection between psoriasis and kidney disease. I have always had dry skin. When I was a child, I was diagnosed with 'granulated eyelids and dandruff. I was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 25. In my 40's I was diagnosed with Psoriasis. I have struggled with psoriasis ever since.
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Our Blog
AAKP strives for change by promoting and celebrating the importance of kidney health for patients across the country. This blog will allow you to connect with experts, researchers, staff and volunteers surrounding our ongoing advocacy for healthy kidneys.
AAKP Innovator Series: Dr. Ray Harris
You are very well known across the larger kidney community for leadership, medical expertise, and respect for patient insights. For AAKP readers, can you tell us how patients have informed your view of medicine, and your role as a thought leader in kidney medicine and kidney innovation?
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Why is Being a Dialysis Technician Important to Me?
AAKP is celebrating National Dialysis Technician Recognition Week October 12 – 17, 2020. This year, we asked National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists to ask technicians why being a dialysis technician is important to them. "Being a Dialysis Technician means so much to me than just putting a person on a machine.
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Dialysis Technicians – an Important Part of your Health Care Team
AAKP is celebrating National Dialysis Technician Recognition Week October 12 – 18, 2020. Let’s learn more about the types of dialysis technicians, how they are educated to better help you throughout your care and how you can celebrate this week with YOUR special dialysis technician. Kidney Disease by the Numbers:
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What’s Going on with my Drug Discount Card?
By Jim Myers Introduction There is a new rule on Co-Pay Accumulators that could affect the way you use your drug discount cards, and it may be one of the best kept secrets in the United States.
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The FDA Patient & Caregiver Connection: Impacting Innovations in Patient Care and Treatment
As an extension of AAKP’s National Strategy, AAKP participates in key initiatives that allow us to engage kidney patients in substantive and meaningful efforts designed to impact research over the long-term and help lead to new innovations for medical devices (including diagnostics)
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What a Living Donor Thinks of Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020
By Suzanne RuffWhen my sister collapsed in critical condition because her kidneys had failed, I offered to become a living kidney donor for her. I immediately regretted my offer. It was sixteen years ago. I had never had surgery.
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PKD Awareness Day 2020
By Jim Myers, AAKP BOD/AmbassadorHow does one normally become aware of Polycystic Kidney Disease? In my case, I became aware through my Father. I’m 62 now. This is about the same age my Dad was when he first told me he had PKD. He had been to the Mayo Clinic for a checkup, and he reported to me that he had “kidney disease.
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Fluid Balance and the Power of Plants
By Kristi Edwards, RDNSummer is HERE, and it is hot…hot…hot! And while some may reach for a Route 44 beverage after being in the hot sun all day, individuals with kidney disease think twice. With impaired kidney function, drinking a lot of fluid can cause some unwanted, and even harmful, side effects.
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Innovator Series: Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
By Robert Huizinga, Ph.D., R.N., CNeph©, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Neil Solomons, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Aurinia Pharmaceuticals1. Tell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personal or professional, and what impressions that left on you as a fellow human being. RH:
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