After drinking water, more urine and frequent nocturia, which is 'bad kidney'? What anomalies should be alerted to?
As the cleaners of the human body, the kidneys are an important organ of the human body to remove a large amount of garbage every day.
Many people are also worried that their kidneys are not good, kidney deficiency, kidney deficiency...
Xiao Li is a taxi driver. He rarely drinks water while driving. The reason is that when Xiao Li drinks water, he wants to go to the toilet. And it takes a lot of time to find the toilet every time, so I have to try my best not to drink water.
Unexpectedly, after a period of time, Xiao Li gradually needed to get up to go to the toilet 2 or 3 times at night, which seriously affected Xiao Li's sleep quality. His wife thought that Xiao Li had a kidney problem and asked Xiao Li to go to the hospital.
Does frequent urination and nocturia mean that the kidneys are not good?
1. As soon as I drink water, I urinate more. Is it a kidney problem?
Urine is produced by the kidneys, and then stored and emptied by the bladder. The process of emptying is affected by factors such as nerves and bladder detrusor.
Under normal circumstances, when the urine in the bladder reaches a certain amount, people will have the urge to urinate . However, in the case of nerve or muscle disease , the bladder may be stimulated and contracted even if the urine output is small, and the urge to urinate may be caused by drinking only a little water.
The size of the bladder also varies from person to person . Some people are born with a small bladder, and the bladder's capacity for storing urine will be relatively small. In addition, if there is urine in the bladder, if you drink water at this time, even if you don't drink much, you will be particularly prone to urination. Especially when you are in a hurry to drink water, the urge to urinate will be generated faster.
When accustomed to lack of water, the bladder is also prone to urge to urinate due to the sudden inflow of water and stimulation .
When people are nervous , due to the faster blood circulation and changes in hormones in the body, the secretion of antidiuretic hormone will decrease, and it is easy to make people want to go to the toilet frequently.
In addition, people with high blood sugar levels often have problems with glucose metabolism disorders. Due to the poor ability to absorb glucose, part of the sugar will enter the urine, and part of the sugar will enter the urine. Once the level of urine sugar increases, the amount of urine increases under the action of osmotic pressure. Even if you drink a little water, it is easy to cause the urge to urinate, resulting in the phenomenon of frequent urination and more urination.
Therefore, it cannot be considered that the urge to urinate after drinking water is a kidney problem.
Second, frequent nocturnal urination, not only drinking too much water
Under normal circumstances, the frequency of urination in healthy people is 5-7 times a day (including 4-6 times during the day and 0-1 times at night). half of the day.
If the frequency of nocturia is 2 or more times, the urination volume at night is greater than that during the day, or the urination volume at night reaches 750 ml or more , these are all cases of increased nocturia.
Among them, the increase in physiological nocturia is mainly due to excessive drinking water during the day, such as drinking too much coffee, strong tea, or eating too much fruit or food with high water content.
However, increased nocturia may also be caused by diseases, and you need to be alert to the following 4 diseases:
Prostate disease in men : Patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia often have symptoms of increased nocturia, because hyperplasia will lead to decreased bladder capacity, decreased bladder stability, and then increased nocturia.
In addition, once prostatic hyperplasia blocks the outlet of the bladder, it will lead to a significant increase in the residual urine volume of the bladder, reducing the effective capacity of the bladder and increasing nocturia.
Urinary tract infection or pelvic floor muscle laxity in women: UTIs are a common cause of increased nocturia in women because bacterial infections in the bladder and urethra can lead to frequent urination.
In addition, women are prone to pelvic floor muscle relaxation or overactive bladder as they age, resulting in low bladder compliance and increased nocturia.
Diabetes insipidus: When the secretion, release or transport of antidiuretic hormone in the body is abnormal, it will lead to diabetes insipidus. Patients experience frequent urination and uncontrolled urination. In severe cases, they may urinate once in less than half an hour, and the urine volume is large (every day). up to 4-10 liters or more).
Diabetes insipidus patients also increase the burden on the kidneys due to the large amount of urination, which can even lead to fatal dehydration of the body.
Diabetes: Due to metabolic disorders, patients with diabetes often experience symptoms of dry mouth, polydipsia and polyuria, which may also result in increased nocturia.
3. Stinking in 2 parts of the body may indicate that the kidney is damaged
If you want to know if your kidneys are healthy, you can judge by the taste. If you notice these two kinds of odors in your body, it may mean that there is a problem with your kidneys.
1. The smell of ammonia in the mouth
If your breath smells like ammonia, like urine or ammonia, it may be related to kidney failure.
In patients with renal failure, because the kidneys cannot remove waste from the body, urea nitrogen accumulates in the body, which is then decomposed into ammonia by bacteria in the body, resulting in the smell of ammonia when breathing.
2. Urine has a fishy smell
The kidneys filter urine to remove toxins from the body. However, when the urine smells abnormally, it may be related to abnormal kidney function, more than infection or kidney stones.
Symptoms of kidney infection include difficulty urinating, hematuria, and low back pain.
Fourth, protect the kidneys, starting from 4:00
Once the function of the kidney is lost, it cannot be reversed, and we need to take good care of it. In fact, protecting the kidneys is not difficult, remember the following 4 points:
1. Eat less heavy food
Heavy-flavored foods contain a lot of sodium, acid, and electrolytes. Most of these components need to be excreted through the kidneys. If you eat too much, it will increase the pressure on the kidneys.
2. Drink plenty of water, depending on the situation
For people with healthy kidneys, drinking more water is good for the kidneys. If the kidneys are damaged, drinking too much water will easily put a burden on the kidneys. It is recommended that you should control the amount of water you drink under the guidance of your doctor.
3. Do not use drugs indiscriminately
As the saying goes, "drugs are poisonous", drugs excreted through the kidneys may cause harm to them. Common drugs such as painkillers, amino nitrogen antibiotics and some proprietary Chinese medicines cause varying degrees of damage to the kidneys. Medication should be strictly in accordance with the doctor's advice, scientific medication.
4. Don’t sit for long periods of time or stay up late
Sitting for a long time or staying up late will affect the blood flow of the kidneys. Daily sedentary and staying up late should be avoided as much as possible, especially for people with poor kidneys.
Nocturnal urine is not necessarily bad for the kidneys. If you want to go to the toilet as soon as you drink water, it is not necessarily because you have kidney problems. You don’t need to be too nervous. If you have symptoms, seek medical attention as soon as possible to find the cause and protect the health of the kidneys.
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