Kidney health needs careful protection
The kidney is an important organ of the human body. Its basic function is to produce urine to remove metabolites and certain wastes and poisons from the body, and to retain water and other useful substances, such as glucose and protein, through reabsorption to regulate water and electrolyte balance and maintain acid-base balance. The kidneys also have endocrine functions and are the degradation site of some endocrine hormones and the target organ of extra-renal hormones. These functions of the kidneys ensure the stability of the internal environment of the body and enable normal metabolism. Therefore, it is vital to protect the kidneys for our health.
I. Functions of normal kidneys
Excrete metabolites from the blood
Maintain the balance of water in your body
Control your blood pressure
Regulate the balance of electrolytes
Regulate the acid-base balance
Secrete biologically active substances, including from erythropoietin and active microbial D3, etc., to keep hematocrit at normal value and maintain strong bones.
Second, which bad habits cause kidney disease
Often stay up late
Long-term stay up late, work stress, love strong tea and coffee, it is easy to kidney function problems. White-collar work every day to deal with the computer, long hours sitting at the computer work, lack of exercise, long-term overtime, late nights, insomnia is the biggest feature, these characteristics are the key people easy to attack kidney disease. Remind the busy white-collar workers to pay attention to rest, if some symptoms such as eyelid facial swelling, physical weakness, long-term anemia, back pain, etc., early medical examination.
Indiscriminate use of drugs
Kidney damage caused by drug abuse has been on the rise in recent years. About 25% of kidney failure patients are related to the use of nephrotoxic drugs.
1, such as vermilion, is the main drug for the treatment of restlessness, insomnia, mouth and tongue sores, with good clinical efficacy. However, vermilion is a compound of mercury, the main component is mercury sulfide, into the body of mercury, mainly distributed in the liver, kidney, can cause liver and kidney damage, and can pass the blood-brain barrier, direct damage to brain tissue. Overdose or not properly taken vermilion, poisoning manifested as nausea, vomiting, metallic taste in the mouth, oral mucosa congestion, gum swelling, overflowing blood, diarrhea, kidney damage, muscle tremors, heart, kidney, liver, cerebellum and other organ damage, and in severe cases, death can be due to extreme systemic failure.
2, such as long-term use of nephrotoxic drugs can easily lead to renal tubular interstitial damage. These drugs include herbs containing aristolochic acid components, such as Guanmu Tong, Guang Fangji, Qing Mu Xiang, Lei Gong Vine, etc., as well as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibacterial agents, such as depot tablets, paracetamol, etc., which can easily cause kidney damage.
3, informal channels to buy health care products: patients long-term use of substandard health care products, will lead to drug-related kidney damage, serious cases can induce uremia.
Binge drinking and overeating
Modern people have more opportunities to dine together, often eat an excessive amount of “delicious”, the intake of food will eventually produce waste, uric acid and urea nitrogen, etc.. If you eat a large amount of high-protein diet, such as large fish and meat, will produce too much uric acid and urea nitrogen and other metabolic waste, increasing the burden of kidney excretion. And drinking a lot of alcohol can easily lead to hyperuricemia. These habits can also cause metabolic diseases such as hyperlipidemia, which can lead to kidney diseases.
Hold urine
Holding urine is the “invisible killer” of the kidneys. Often hold urine. Urine in the bladder for a long time will breed bacteria, which will travel retrograde through the ureter to the kidney, leading to urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis. Once repeated, it can lead to chronic infections that are not easily cured.
Over-salty diet
A long-term high-salt diet can lead to kidney disease as well as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and hypertension. About 80% of patients with kidney disease, are also hypertensive. And 80% of such patients with kidney disease combined with hypertension are volume-dependent hypertensive, i.e., their body sodium ion concentration is too high. This is because sodium ions can retain water, which is called “water-sodium retention” in medical science. Therefore, the clinical treatment of kidney disease requires that all patients with kidney disease should be on a low salt diet.
Drinking strong tea after drinking
Some people think that drinking strong tea after drinking can solve the alcohol, in fact, this is not only ineffective, but also hurt the kidneys. Theophylline in tea can affect the kidneys more quickly and play a diuretic effect, when alcohol has not had time to decompose again from the kidneys, so that the kidneys are stimulated by a large amount of ethanol, thereby damaging kidney function.
Excessive protein powder
Eating high-protein food and bad habits also make the kidneys more and more burdened. Protein is indeed an indispensable element in the human body, but this is only for the malnourished people. Successful people usually socialize in life constantly, already big fish and meat, too much protein intake in the metabolic process invariably increases the burden on the kidneys. Long-term high-load operation, the end may be the “tired” disease kidney.
Eat too fluffy bread
Potassium bromate, a food additive in bread and pastries, gives baked goods the necessary gluten strength and elasticity for a fluffy taste, but excessive consumption can damage the central nervous system, blood and kidneys. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified it as a carcinogen.
Women are angry
Women’s own physiological structure and personality factors are the main causes of kidney disease. Women’s immunity is relatively lower than men’s, and some autoimmune diseases, such as lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis, are most prevalent among young and middle-aged women. With the changing environment of modern society, this immune type of disease is becoming more and more prevalent. When the immune system is damaged, the kidneys are inevitably damaged as well. At the same time, women’s natural sensitive nerves make them often stuck in trouble and can’t extricate themselves from it. With increased stress and depression, the immunity of the body is also affected, and the kidneys may be damaged as a result.
Do not avoid the cold
The weather is cold, the cold is through the kidneys, the kidneys are susceptible to cold and nephritis, so pay attention to warmth, prevent cold and kidney, collect the essence of the essence, strengthen the capital to support the yuan. The kidney function is bad, the waist, feet especially to prevent cold, and need to pay attention to the prevention and active treatment of colds, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, to prevent secondary kidney disease.
Three, diet regimen
Black food for kidney
Black rice, with a spleen and warm liver, blood and beneficial effects. Its vitamin B1 and iron content is seven times more than ordinary rice. Winter consumption is very helpful to replenish the body’s trace elements.
Black bean, has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the body, activating blood and water, detoxifying and moisturizing the skin, especially suitable for patients with kidney deficiency.
Black sesame, has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney, moistening the five organs, and has a good therapeutic health effect on dizziness, gray hair, hair loss, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, and constipation caused by the deficiency of essence and blood of the liver and kidney.
The four foods mentioned above boiled together with porridge, is a rare good kidney nourishment.
In addition, black fungus is considered in traditional Chinese medicine to have the effect of clearing the lung and benefiting the qi, invigorating the blood and stomach, moistening the dryness and nourishing the body. Modern research shows that black fungus has strong adsorption power and can cleanse the stomach and intestines. Black fungus is also a soluble dietary fiber, which can nourish the blood.
Medication
1.Fried walnut kernel: 10 grams of walnut kernel, fried and chewed. It has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and warming the lungs, laxative and laxative, and is suitable for patients with kidney deficiency, lumbar pain and foot weakness, or coughing and asthma with deficiency of cold and stool. It should be noted that walnuts contain high potassium, high blood potassium people eat less.
2, eggs three flavors of soup: 1 egg, core lotus seeds, gorgonians, Huai yam 9 grams each, sugar, boiled eggs and drink soup. The main treatment of kidney deficiency.
3, dog soup: dog spine, cherry, wolfberry 15 grams each, 500 grams of dog meat, salt, wine, pepper in the right amount. Stew meat and boil soup to eat. With the function of tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the muscles and bones, fixing the essence and astringent intestines, shrinking urine and stopping the belt. Suitable for kidney deficiency, frequent urination, spermatorrhea, impotence, premature ejaculation, foot weakness and polyuria in the elderly.
4, mutton japonica rice porridge: fresh fine mutton 3-5 taels, japonica rice (rice) appropriate amount. Wash the lamb, cut it into meat pieces, and cook the porridge with japonica rice. This recipe benefits qi and blood, replenishes deficiency, warms the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for deficiency of yang, deficiency of qi and blood, weakness and thinness, weakness of the stomach, cold and fear of cold, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, etc.