The kidneys are one of the important organs in the urinary system, and their main function is to form urine, thereby removing some metabolic waste and toxic substances from the body.
At the same time, it can also maintain the balance of acid-base and water-electrolytes in the body, and also has an endocrine effect.
It can secrete various hormones to ensure the stability of the body's internal environment and maintain normal metabolism.
It's just that the kidneys are easily damaged by some bad behavior habits, so if you want to protect the kidneys, you must avoid them.
How to Protect Kidney Health?
First, do not take drugs indiscriminately
For people with some diseases, they must take medicine under the guidance of a doctor, and they must not take drugs indiscriminately.
After many drugs enter the body, pharmacological components will be metabolized in the kidneys, such as some antipyretic and analgesic drugs, antibiotic drugs and so on.
If these drugs are taken in large quantities for a long time, they will cause chronic damage to the kidneys and even induce the emergence of chronic kidney failure.
In addition, if you take some traditional Chinese medicine or health care drugs for a long time, it will also cause some damage to the kidneys.
Second, do not smoke and drink alcohol for a long time
The aromatic amines contained in cigarettes, as well as acrolein substances, need to be metabolized and filtered by the kidneys after entering the blood circulation, which will cause great damage to the kidneys.
Moreover, the nicotine contained in cigarettes will affect the blood flow rate, making the kidneys in a state of ischemia. The glomerular filtration function decreases, triggering a range of kidney diseases.
If you drink alcohol for a long time, it will cause the sodium, potassium and chloride ions in the body to be disturbed, resulting in electrolyte imbalance, which has a greater impact on kidney health.
Therefore, in daily life, we must not smoke and drink, and second-hand smoke should not appear in the living environment.
Third, soon sit not too tired
Sedentary for a long time will make the abdominal cavity bear great pressure, and the blood circulation of the kidneys will be affected, which will lead to insufficient kidney qi and damage to kidney function.
If excessive fatigue, such as strenuous exercise or heavy physical labor, will cause muscle damage, muscle myoglobin over-release, so that the renal tubules are blocked, the probability of kidney failure will be particularly high.
Therefore, in daily life, we must not have long-term sedentary behavior. Appropriate daily exercise should be used to reduce the probability of chronic kidney disease, but excessive fatigue should be avoided.
Fourth, do not stay up late for a long time
When you go to sleep at night, the kidneys also enter an effective time of rest. If you stay up late for a long time, you can't make the kidneys get effective rest.
Over time, it will lead to a faster decline in kidney function, and the probability of proteinuria will be particularly high.
Therefore, in daily life, you must go to sleep before 11 o'clock every night and get up around 7 o'clock in the morning. Maintaining a sleep time of 7 to 8 hours has a greater maintenance effect on kidney health.
Fifth, do not hold urine and do not drink too little water
Holding urine for a long time and drinking too little water will lead to serious damage to kidney health, and the probability of kidney stones and nephritis will be particularly high.
Therefore, in daily life, there must be no behavior of holding back urine and drinking too little water, but do not drink a lot of water at one time. Otherwise, it will also increase the burden on the kidneys.
All in all, if you want to protect the kidneys, you must pay attention to the conditioning of all aspects of life. In addition to the above 5 points, you should also make dietary adjustments, reduce the intake of salt for three meals a day, and reduce the number of intake of high-purine foods.
In addition, once symptoms such as foamy urine, fatigue, edema, and decreased appetite occur, you must quickly go to the hospital for treatment. If it is caused by kidney disease, only early treatment can maximize the maintenance of physical health.