What are the ways to protect the kidneys?

     1, keep warm in winter: The survey found that patients with deteriorating kidney function in winter far exceed other seasons, mainly due to vasoconstriction, increased blood pressure, reduced urine volume, and increased blood viscosity, which affects the kidneys.    2, do not take drugs: many commercially available painkillers, cold medicines and herbal medicines have kidney toxicity, do not eat without a physician’s prescription, antibiotics, painkillers prescribed by a physician should also know what their side effects.    3, do not overeat: eat too much protein and salt, will increase the burden on the kidneys. In addition, sports drinks contain extra electrolytes and salt, people with kidney disease need to be careful with these drinks.    4, treatment of colds: If a cold comes and goes, or if you have high blood pressure, edema, or bubbles in urine after a cold, it is best to see a nephrologist for a screening test.    5, recurring tonsillitis to be careful: throat or tonsils by streptococcal infection, it is important to eradicate, otherwise it will easily lead to nephritis.    6, drink the right amount of water not to hold urine: urine is retained in the bladder, just as the sewer is blocked and easy to breed bacteria, bacteria can infect the kidneys through the ureter.    7, control diabetes and hypertension: poor blood pressure control, diabetes for too long will cause vascular sclerosis, and the kidneys are made up of millions of microvascular balls, poor control of blood sugar and blood pressure, the kidneys are broken fast.    8, do not drink well water and river water of unknown composition: to avoid lead, cadmium, chromium and other heavy metals are too high and damage the kidneys.    9, urinary tract stones to deal with: stones do not mean that the pain is not good, especially ureteral stones can easily cause hydronephrosis, long down, the kidneys will be completely damaged without knowing.    10.Regular checkup: It is better to do urine and blood creatinine and urea nitrogen checkup every six months. The kidney burden will increase when women are pregnant, and they should monitor kidney function to avoid turning into uremia due to pregnancy toxemia.