If you think chronic kidney disease is far from you, you are wrong! At present, one in every 10 adults in China has chronic kidney disease, and 1% of them may develop into uremia. On the one hand, the incidence of chronic kidney disease is alarming. On the other hand, there are few people who neglect kidney health, and in daily life, many people even often repeat behaviors that damage the kidneys. To protect your kidneys, start today, review your life details and avoid the following “kidney damage” behaviors.
1, only focus on kidney supplementation, ignore kidney health
Kidney supplementation is the concept of health care that many people advocate, and many people think that kidney supplementation is to supplement the kidneys. “This is a misconception”, Chinese medicine refers to the “kidney”, is a functional concept, including the modern medical reproductive system function, endocrine function and urinary system function of the integrated function. The modern medical term “kidney” refers to the actual kidneys. The kidneys are responsible for removing toxins, waste and excess water from the body. It also assists the body in controlling blood pressure, regulating electrolyte levels, and producing red blood cells. Once kidney function is damaged, most of them are irreversible.
Therefore, it is dangerous to focus only on kidney supplementation and neglect kidney health. Instead of often supplementing the kidneys, it is better to protect them well.
2.Large fish and meat, too much protein
Protein is an essential nutrient for the human body, and it is important to pay attention to the intake of protein, but this does not mean that “the more protein food you eat, the better”. A balanced diet is sufficient for healthy people to replenish their daily protein needs. But nowadays, many people in the workplace often entertain and eat a lot of meat and fish, resulting in excessive protein intake. Long-term high protein intake will increase the burden on the kidneys and even put the kidneys in a long-term “overload” condition. People who have kidney function damage, protein intake should be strictly controlled, always consult a nephrologist and make recipes under the guidance of a nutritionist.
In addition, a reminder: protein is not limited to eggs and milk, various meats, seafood and beans are all high in protein. When you are keen to eat high-protein food, or blindly supplement high-protein nutrients, beware, do not exhaust the kidneys.
3, every day old fire soup, purine more
Guangdong people “no soup is not happy”, when eating more love to drink a bowl of old fire soup. The old fire soup generally add a lot of meat, and boil on two or three hours. The long boiling time, a large number of purines will dissolve into the broth. Often drink purine too high old fire soup, will cause uric acid in the blood accumulation, uric acid content is elevated, both easy to cause gout, but also damage to the kidneys.
Another “kidney” eating habits is a lot of seafood + beer, because some of the ingredients rich in seafood in the role of beer, will greatly improve the human blood uric acid content, inducing gout and gouty nephropathy.
4, often hold urine, drink enough water
Many people are too busy because of work often hold urine, do not know that holding urine for too long can easily lead to increased bladder pressure, bladder pressure reflex disorder and decreased function of the forced urinary muscle, or affect the ureter-bladder anti-reflux mechanism, resulting in urine reflux, easy to complicate pyelonephritis, kidney function damage. Therefore, even if you are busy at work, don’t forget to go to the toilet on time.
In addition, work is busy, many people can not care to drink water. When you don’t drink enough water, the volume of urine will naturally decrease, and the concentration of waste and toxins carried in urine will increase. Kidney stones, which are common in clinical practice, are closely related to the lack of drinking water for a long time. To develop the habit of drinking more water, ensure at least 8 large glasses of boiled water every day (note: do not replace it with drinks). Drinking more water can dilute the urine, so that the urine is quickly discharged, helping to prevent stones.
5, salty diet, water is not easy to discharge
95% of the salt in our diet is metabolized by the kidneys, eat too salty, the burden on the kidneys naturally increased. In addition, the sodium in the salt will make the body’s water not easily discharged, and further increase the burden on the kidneys, resulting in the decline in kidney function. At the same time, too salty diet will lead to increased blood pressure, the kidney blood can not maintain the normal flow, thus inducing kidney disease. It is recommended that the daily intake of salt be controlled within 6 grams.
6, abuse of drugs, poison over the kidneys
Many people think that herbal medicine has no toxic side effects, which is a great misconception. There are more and more reports about kidney damage caused by herbs, among which the nephrotoxicity of Aristolochia, Zanthoxylum, Leigong Vine, Hookwort, Shan Cigarette, Guanmutong, Shan Dougen, Fish Guts, and Zexia is the greatest, and the dosage and indications of these drugs should be strictly controlled.
In addition to the above herbal medicines, many commonly used western medicines also have greater nephrotoxicity. Antibiotics: Among them, aminoglycoside antibiotics (gentamicin, streptomycin, etc.) are the most nephrotoxic. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs: long-term use of large amounts of anti-inflammatory and painkillers often cause interstitial lesions in the kidneys, forming “painkiller nephritis”, which eventually develops into kidney failure, and is more difficult to treat.
Remember, there are potential dangers in taking any medication, so be sure to take it as prescribed by your doctor and not to increase the dosage without permission, and pay attention to the contraindications of taking medication to avoid the risk of kidney failure.