Reminder: If there are these 5 changes in the body, it may be that the kidneys are asking for help, so pay attention

Lao Liu has a lot more free time after retirement. When he has nothing to do, he often invites friends to play mahjong.

While playing mahjong, he also makes a large pot of tea. In order to avoid wasting time changing the tea leaves, he adds a lot of tea leaves at once, so the tea tastes very strong.

After playing like this for several months, Lao Liu found that he had waist pain from time to time . He thought it was because he had been playing mahjong for a long time and didn't take it seriously.

But a few days passed, and the symptoms were still not relieved, until one morning when I got up and went to the toilet, I found that the color was red. This made Lao Liu very frightened, so he rushed to the hospital. After examination, it was found that he was suffering from kidney stones, and the hematuria was caused by this. After learning about Lao Liu's past history, the doctor said that his habit of drinking strong tea for a long time was probably the culprit that induced the occurrence of kidney stones .

Lao Li was a little puzzled by this, isn't tea also water? Why did I get kidney disease after drinking so much water?

1. Will drinking a lot of water every day damage the kidneys?

Water is the source of life. We have been emphasizing that drinking plenty of water is good for health, but some people think that drinking water is not good for kidney health. Is this true?

Of course not, drinking water will not cause damage to kidney health, but it is not recommended to drink a lot of water in a short period of time. After water enters the body, it needs to enter the stomach and intestines through the digestive tract, and then enter the blood circulation of the whole body after being absorbed by the intestines. Blood will carry water to various tissues and organs of the body and collect waste.

Finally, the blood will carry excess water and waste to the kidneys, and the kidneys will filter the waste in the water and then turn it into urine and excrete it from the body.

Drinking plenty of water will not only not threaten the health of the kidneys, but will benefit the health of the kidneys .

Drinking a lot of water and urinating a lot can dilute blood sugar and blood uric acid, speed up the excretion of metabolic waste in the body, and reduce the time that some oxalic acid and uric acid stay in the kidneys, which is of great help in preventing kidney stones.

And drinking plenty of water and urinating more can allow the urethra to be flushed repeatedly, which is also good for preventing urinary tract infections.

Of course, not all drinking water is good. What really hurts the kidneys is bad drinking habits. If you have these two habits, you must get rid of them as soon as possible.

Drink water as water : Beverages contain a lot of phosphate and sugar substances. Long-term drinking will cause the body to lose a lot of calcium, and the calcium content in urine will also increase, leading to an increased risk of kidney stones;

Drinking strong tea in large quantities for a long time : Strong tea contains a lot of caffeine and theophylline. Long-term drinking in large quantities will increase the burden of detoxification and filtration of glomeruli, which is not good for kidney health.

2. There are 5 kinds of discomfort in the body, or the kidneys are calling for help

Data show that the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in China is about 10.8%, but due to the lack of obvious early symptoms, the early kidney disease awareness rate is only less than 15%. The incidence of acute kidney injury is also very serious, and about 1 million people suffer from acute kidney injury every year.

Lun Lide, Director of the Department of Nephrology at the Air Force General Hospital, reminded that when these symptoms appear in the body, one must be vigilant that it is caused by kidney damage.

1, anorexia

Patients with early uremia will have different degrees of gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms, the more typical ones are loss of appetite and nausea , and some patients will also have symptoms of skin itching.

2. Swelling of eyelids and lower extremities

Abnormal kidney function will lead to abnormal water metabolism in the body, and a large amount of water will stay in the body, which will easily induce body edema. Generally, the earliest edema is the eyelids and lower limbs . As the disease progresses, systemic edema will gradually appear.

3. Anemia

Patients with moderate to severe renal dysfunction often have symptoms of anemia, and patients will experience dizziness, fatigue, and pale complexion daily . This symptom is caused by a decrease in red blood cell production due to abnormal kidney function. Once you find anemia without cause in your body, you should be vigilant in time.

4. Foamy urine

This symptom is also a relatively typical symptom of abnormal kidney. After urinating, the patient will find that there is foam in the urine that cannot be dispelled for a long time. If the urine disappears quickly, there is usually nothing to worry about.

5. Abnormal urine output

Under normal circumstances, the number of times we urinate at night should be ≤ 1 time, and the amount of urination should be 1/4 or 1/3 of the total amount of the day. If you urinate frequently more than 2 times at night without drinking plenty of water, or if you urinate more than during the day, you must be vigilant that it may be caused by abnormal kidney function.

When the above-mentioned abnormal symptoms are found in the body, urine tests, blood and kidney function tests, and renal ultrasound examinations should be performed in time. More than 90% of kidney diseases can be screened out through these methods.

Kidney abnormalities can be detected in time through examination, so as to achieve early detection and early treatment. In clinical practice, many uremia patients are gradually delayed because of neglect of early stage.

3. These 4 behaviors will slowly "empty out" the kidneys

There is a great relationship between the occurrence of kidney disease and some bad habits in life, come and see if you have these habits.

Clinically, kidney disease is divided into three stages: early, middle and late. In the early or middle stage, as long as active intervention and treatment are carried out, it can be prevented from gradually developing to the late stage.

However, many patients do not care about the early and middle stages of kidney disease. They still stick to bad living habits in their own way and do not cooperate with the treatment, so that the disease continues to develop to the advanced stage. Especially these bad habits can easily promote the progress of kidney disease.

1. Hold back urine

Holding back urine for a long time can easily lead to the growth of bacteria, which can easily go retrograde along the urethra, and then infect the kidneys, threatening the health of the kidneys.

2. Drug abuse

Many people buy and take their own medicines on a daily basis, but they don't know that doing so can easily damage the kidneys. Drugs need to be metabolized by the kidneys after entering the body, and a large amount of drug abuse will make the kidneys "injured".

3. Stay up late

Staying up late will lead to functional disorders of the endocrine system and various organs. Without adequate rest, it is easy to induce functional damage.

4. Sedentary

Sitting for a long time will cause the bladder meridian to be oppressed, and then the flow of qi and blood will not be smooth, which will easily lead to impaired kidney function.

Kidney health is very important to everyone. You should pay more attention to your physical performance every day, and seek medical attention in time if any abnormalities are found. At the same time, pay attention to avoiding some behaviors that may damage the kidneys in daily life.

References:

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[2] "How far is kidney disease from us? Experts teach you to read the "distress signal" sent by the kidney". Life Times. 2019-03-14

[3] "Kidney problems are no small matter, these 8 danger signs should be kept in mind!" ". People's Daily Online. 2020-01-16

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