The kidneys, like the heart, are working 24 hours a day. However, people often pay less attention to kidneys, and when they are mildly damaged, patients have no clinical symptoms and their condition is ignored. Clinical data show that in general, only when the kidney function is damaged to a degree of 70% or more, will obvious clinical symptoms appear. Since the kidney tissue cells do not regenerate after damage, when the kidney is seriously damaged, the reserve capacity gradually decreases and the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, we should shout out to those people who do not pay attention to the care of their kidneys: “Please protect your kidneys.” Take care of your kidneys from now on. The main measures to protect the kidneys are as follows: 1. When streptococcal and other infections occur in the throat and tonsils, they should be immediately eradicated. Be thorough when using antibiotics under the guidance of a physician and do not stop midway, otherwise recurring streptococcal infections can easily lead to inflammation of the kidneys (especially children need to pay more attention). It is generally accepted that once antibiotics are determined, their course should be no shorter than 7 to 10 days, or 14 days or more if streptococcal infection is determined. In addition, streptococcal infection is appropriate to use penicillin antibiotics. 2, without a physician’s prescription indiscriminately taking adult drugs, which hinders the function of the kidneys. A lot of people often take the initiative to buy ready-made drugs (such as antibiotics) when they are sick, and taking too much antibiotics can hinder kidney function. In addition, diuretics, in particular, should not be taken privately. Some Chinese medicines such as guanxi have been shown to be nephrotoxic and should be avoided. Do not increase the dose of drugs at will, for example, often some people double the dose of cold flush, or cold pass, which will also increase the chance of kidney damage. Painkillers can damage the kidneys and should be avoided for long-term use. In other words, avoid using commercially available painkillers, such as special gout medications and general painkillers (including injections or oral medications) without a physician’s prescription. If you want to use it for a long time, the probability of causing serious damage to the kidneys is extremely high, and the damage to the kidneys is irreversible. 3.Binge drinking and overeating are harmful to kidney health. The human body eats an excessive amount of food (mainly protein) every day, and its final derivatives (waste) such as uric acid and urea nitrogen need to be eliminated by the kidneys, so excessive food (binge drinking, overeating) will increase the burden on the kidneys. This is especially true in people who already have kidney disease, or people with reduced kidney function reserves (such as the elderly). The old saying “eat more vegetables and less meat, and live longer with light rice” refers to this truth. 4, women before pregnancy for kidney function tests, can avoid the onset or aggravation of certain kidney diseases, such as the occurrence of uremia. Because the burden on the kidneys increases significantly when a woman is pregnant, it can lead to kidney dysfunction, so it is best to check whether a woman has kidney disease before pregnancy. If you have a significant degree of kidney disease (sometimes you don’t even know it), please discuss with your nephrologist whether you can get pregnant, otherwise if you get pregnant blindly, your kidney disease may immediately deteriorate into uremia and reach the level of needing dialysis. 5. Taking herbal remedies indiscriminately may aggravate and worsen the condition or delay the treatment, deriving more complications and even developing into uremia in a short period of time. 6, the right amount (sufficient) to drink water, do not hold urine. Urine in the bladder for too long is easy to reproduce bacteria, bacteria are likely to infect the kidneys through the ureter. Drink enough water every day, do not hold urine, the kidneys are also less likely to occur stones. Drink water that meets hygiene standards and is free of contamination, and do not drink well water or river water of unknown composition. Do not eat or drink substandard processed foods, because substandard processed food additives can damage the kidneys. 7. Control high blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, please see a physician immediately to control it within a safe range. Long-term uncontrolled high blood pressure will keep destroying the arteries and microvessels of the kidneys, because the kidneys are made up of millions of glomeruli (microvessels). 8. Control diabetes. Because diabetes causes a slow but unstoppable hardening of the patient’s blood vessels, especially the microvessels. Since the kidney is made up of millions of tiny blood vessels, when diabetes is severe, the kidney function may also be broken. According to statistics, 1/4 to 1/5 of uremic dialysis patients are caused by end-stage diabetes. 9, Remember regular physical examination, which should include kidney function examination. Usual urine and blood pressure tests must generally be done every six months. Because almost most of the kidney patients kidney damage process is carried out unknowingly, so wait until the body feels unwell when it is likely to have reached the end stage of kidney disease, the need to live by dialysis time. 10, kidney disease is not kidney deficiency. Kidney is the urinary system, and the traditional Chinese medicine is not the same concept of kidney deficiency. Male sex hormones are mainly secreted by the testes, while female hormones are mainly secreted in the ovaries. The kidneys of men and women can be transplanted to each other, which shows that there is no direct correlation between kidney and gender and sexual function. Therefore, do not think that kidney deficiency means having kidney disease.