If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or a family history of kidney problems, you are at risk for kidney disease. Kidney disease is serious, but if you catch it early, you can slow it down or stop it. Ask your doctor to check your kidneys.
South Asia basically refers to India and the few countries around it. It is known as a subcontinent as it was not originally part of the landmass known as the Asian continent. This can be seen from the presence of the Himalayas.
Before 1971 it was called West Pakistan because an East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh) also existed both together was called Pakistan, Before 1947 the land now called Pakistan was was made up of four British Indian provinces they are called Punjab (western half), North West Frontier, Sindh (Most of it), and Balochistan. whole industry has been made out of this-it was all India, then the great break up into India, West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).