With our Rector Prof. Dr. Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu in the lead, our University organized a conference on "Kidney and Women's Health" to draw attention and raise awareness for "World Kidney Day".
At the event which was carried out with the participation of our Rector Prof. Dr. Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu, Faculty of Health Sciences Dean Prof. Dr. Ahmet Belce, Head of Turkish Soceity of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Nursing Ayten Karakoç, The field of Nephrology from our Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Academicians from the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department and members of the Turkish Soceity of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Nursing, matters were handled on how kidney diseases affected women , due to International Womens Day.
Our Rector Prof. Dr. Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu, who carried out the opening speech, stated; "14% of the women in the world are kidney patients. Also 1 out of 7 people in Turkey have a case of kidney failure. Looking at the ratio of our women, 18 percent of them have kidney disease. The reason for this is due to several factors. Besides obesity, diabetes and being overweight , some special cases regarding women cause this ratio to increase. There is a situation that is related to kidney diseases that is caused by pregnancy. Consequently pregnancy is a physiological state If it is not noticed or does not emerge during pregnancy, due to more effort the kidneys have to endure, and their displacement and enlargement, the kidneys go through a lot of distress. Thus in the same way we see more urinary tract infection in women. "
Our Rector Prof. Dr. Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu , who states that the cause of the increase in the number of kidney disease from day to day is obesity and accordingly the increase of diabetes. Prof. Dr. Rumeyza Kazancıoğlu continued; "The increase in kidney disease is caused by the weight gain of the world's population. The increase in diseases from weight gain, and the increase in diabetes from day to day, especially in our country, causes us to encounter more patients with kidney problems. However, this is preventable. If you control your diabetes and your blood pressure, you can get rid of last-stage kidney disease."
"Healthy women will carry health to the future with healthy kidneys. In this sense, I celebrate the women's day for all of our women", stated our Rector, who conveyed her message of celebration due to International Womens Day.
The conference on "Kidney and Women's Health" concluded with the sharing of experiences of the patients after the day's presentations.
