Why is 'uremia' increasing? Advice: Don’t do 4 things that hurt your kidneys, your kidneys will appreciate you

Da He is a 36-year-old man in science and engineering. Originally, he should type "code" in the workplace like his peers, but if he is lying in the hospital doing kidney dialysis treatment...

Da He is busy with work on weekdays, and because he is young, he does not pay attention to physical examinations. Until the onset of illness, he did not have a medical examination once.

In the first few months, Da He occasionally felt powerless, but he always thought that he was too busy with work and that it would be okay to take a break. Until one day, he suddenly fell to the ground with weak feet, and his feet were swollen, and he was rushed to the hospital by a colleague.

The examination results showed that Da He's renal filtration rate was less than 15 ml/min, and he was diagnosed with uremia. Moreover, the kidneys have shrunk, and if they cannot wait for a suitable kidney source, they can only rely on dialysis to maintain their lives.

Uremia, for many young people, may feel very remote. But in fact, the onset of uremia is getting younger and younger.

Uremia, that is, the end-stage chronic renal failure, develops progressively with various chronic kidney diseases, resulting in renal fibrosis and structural damage, decreased renal function, and a complex caused by a series of clinical symptoms.

Many people wonder, why do you develop uremia at such a young age? The reasons are mainly related to the following aspects:

1. Stay up late

Staying up late has a direct impact on the kidneys. 13% of kidney genes are related to biological day and night. The blood flow of the kidneys will be reduced by half at night. Staying up late will disrupt the kidneys' biological clocks, leaving the kidneys without enough time to rest and easily injured.

2. Smoking

Smoking has obvious renal toxicity. Long-term smoking can affect renal blood flow and increase urinary protein excretion rate, thereby impairing renal function and increasing the risk of end-stage renal disease.

3. Excessive fatigue

Taking advantage of their good health, young people often work overtime and eat nervously, but long-term fatigue is also a risk factor for kidney disease. of overwork.

4. Not paying attention to physical examination

Compared with the middle-aged and the elderly, the number of physical examinations for young people is limited, and there are basically no physical examinations since the school period.

2. Don't ignore the distress signal sent by the kidneys

The kidneys have strong compensatory properties. When the kidney function declines in the early stage, there is often no obvious discomfort, and most of them can only be found through physical examination. So in addition to doing a physical examination, what other warnings will the body have in the early stages of kidney disease?

1. Increased blood pressure

Damage to the kidneys can cause water metabolism disorders and further increase blood pressure.

2. Foamy urine

Foamy urine suggests proteinuria, one of the symptoms of kidney disease. Foaming in the urine is similar to beer foam, which is dense and difficult to disappear. This is because there is a lot of protein in the urine that should not appear, and the urine protein is leaked from the kidneys when the kidneys are damaged.

3. Hematuria

Including red urine visible to the naked eye, as well as occult blood (occult blood), red blood cells (microscopic hematuria) found in routine examinations, and excess hematuria related to chronic nephritis.

3. Kidney failure is not an incurable disease, and it should be prevented as soon as possible

In the impression of many people, failure is not only "oil exhaustion", but in fact, renal failure is not an incurable disease, and it can still be cured through early intervention.

Many kidney failures are acute, and kidney failure occurs in a short period of time. As long as there is no shrinkage of both kidneys, loss of renal capsule, and damage to the internal structure, cure can be achieved through scientific and standardized treatment.

For patients with chronic kidney disease, reasonable supplementation of water, active prevention of infection, and adjustment of dietary structure can prevent the development of renal failure.

• Drink more water

No matter what time, you must develop the habit of drinking water actively. Drinking more water can increase the glomerular filtration rate, accelerate the excretion of toxins and uric acid, and prevent various kidney diseases.

• Healthy diet

Eat more vegetables and fruits, and eat less foods high in sugar, salt, fat, and purine to reduce the burden of kidney metabolism.

• Work and rest rules

Keep a regular schedule, you must fall asleep before 23:00, you can't stay up late, and you can't overwork your body. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest.

It should be reminded that drugs cannot be abused, all drugs need to be excreted by the kidneys, and medication should be followed by doctor’s advice to avoid increasing the burden on the kidneys and causing drug-induced kidney damage.

References:

[1] "Scary! A young man with advanced uremia just drinks Coke as water? I advise you to know these things earlier...". Popular Science China. 2021-05-29

[2] "World Kidney Day - Will You Protect Your Kidneys?" ". Xuyong County People's Hospital. 2022-03-10

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