Kidney disease can affect anyone, even not know the age. However, many people are indifferent and do not want to take attention to the condition of their kidneys. To maintain kidney health awareness is still small.
In America, there is one of three citizens at risk of kidney disease and this number is increasing. High blood pressure, diabetes, or family history risk involved changing the addition of kidney disease.
National Kidney Month in March 2014 and commemorate World Kidney Day, the National Kidney Foundation asking everyone to learn about the kidneys and how to protect their health.
Knowledge base obtained, of which, everyone should know that humans are born with two kidneys when actually only need one. Every day, the kidneys filter 200 liters of blood as well as in the process to filter two liters of toxins, wastes, and water.
Waste and water generally will leave the body in the form of urine. Through this system, the kidneys can regulate the water content in the body. The kidneys also release hormones that regulate blood insistence, the product of red blood cells, and helps maintain bone health.
Damage to the kidneys benefits generally run slowly over a long time. Therefore, when an unsuccessful natural kidney, he would naturally gravitate kidney pain first long period. Therefore, people should begin to understand the main protect the kidney health. Begin doing prevention and early detection of kidney disease.
To reduce the risk of kidney disease, the six steps are referenced to the National Kidney Foundation:
1. Testing
If feels risky, speedily working well tests in regular health tests. Generally people prefer snooze control, even though the test as well as the prevention of kidney disease can be avoided. The two types of tests that need to be done to know kidney disease:
a. Urine test for albumin
Albumin is a protein among species. Protein in the urine is an early sign of the signal is no danger to the kidneys. When too much protein in the urine, the filters in the kidneys begin to deteriorate and the risk of leaking.
b. A blood test for creatinine
Creatinine is the waste product of muscle metabolism that is discarded kidneys. Used to estimate the creatinine content of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which is called the measure the strength of the kidneys filter wastes from the blood.
2. Adjusting the pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood
Insistence on high blood and diabetes are the two biggest drivers of kidney disease. Both have the potential to cause damage to blood vessels in the kidneys.
Slight increase in blood insistence (prehypertension) and blood sugar refers to a state of pre-diabetes which harm the kidneys. The word "pre" should not be mistaken for speedily doing trivial prevention of kidney disease.
3. Observe the level of body mass index
Protecting a healthy body weight keeps good effect on kidney health. Overweight indicates that the kidneys have to work harder to filter toxins in the metabolic system of the body mass increased.
Same risks faced by obese patients, who suffer greater chance of diabetes and hypertension which culminated in kidney disease. To reduce this risk, the good speedily reduce body weight in patients with diabetes and high blood pressure.
4. Quit smoking
Smoking may worsen kidney disease as well as the state. Quitting smoking is indeed difficult, but the main change was to protect the health of the body by the kidneys as well as the whole.
5. Goods and careful feeding time
With characters long attack, the activity and the risk of different menu options daily in the prevention of kidney disease. Regular exercise and a healthy diet will reduce the risk of kidney disease changes.
For menu options, good look at the consumption of salt and sodium content in food processing. Both can lead to hypertension which damage the health of the kidneys. People can try the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)-balanced and friendly kidneys.
6. Vigilant in determining drug
Most prescription drugs that are sold freely filtered by the kidney. Means, kidneys process and filter out toxins from the body to the drug.
Therefore, do read labels and weigh the risks and benefits of drug consumption. The good stay away from overly excessive use of drugs that harm the kidneys, eg ibuprofen and naproxen.