In the view of Chinese medicine, the kidney is the innate foundation and the source of life, and only when the kidney is healthy, the operation of the body can be carried out smoothly.
But modern society, due to the impact of a variety of bad life, eating habits, kidney health people are not many, many people are suffering from kidney diseases, if not caused attention, kidney damage is more and more serious, and even face the harm of uremia, and seriously endanger life safety.
Want to know whether their kidneys are healthy, usually you can pay more attention to the lower limbs, if the lower limbs have the following two symptoms, indicating that the kidneys are likely to have problems, to deal with them in time to prevent the aggravation of the disease. Let's take a look!
1. Lower limb puffiness
People with kidney disease, due to decreased kidney function, resulting in excess water in the body can not be removed in time, these water strands in the human body, early mainly cause ankle puffiness, eyelid puffiness symptoms, such puffiness can be gradually reduced after rest.
However, if it is not treated in time, with the development of the disease, the entire lower limbs and even the whole body will appear persistent edema, which means that the kidney disease has been more serious.
2. Itching of lower limb skin
If the kidney disease is more serious, the function of kidney metabolism and detoxification has been left, which will lead to the accumulation of phosphorus in the body, which is easy to cause symptoms of skin itching of the lower limbs, and the itching is very serious, making the patient very painful, in addition, phosphorus can also cause skin desquamation, which has a serious impact on normal life.
If this happens, in life, we must first strictly control the intake of high-phosphorus foods, and at the same time, we should reduce phosphorus through drug supplementation and adjust the calcium-to-phosphorus ratio.
When the above two symptoms appear on the lower limbs, it means that the kidney disease has been more serious, and this situation must not be ignored, otherwise it is easy to further develop uremia.
Patients should go to the hospital for active treatment, and pay attention to the conditioning of the kidneys in life so that the kidneys can recover health as soon as possible. So, if you want to maintain your kidneys, what do you want to start from?
1, eat more black food
Black food has great benefits for kidney health, people with bad kidneys can eat more black rice, black goji berries, sesame seeds, black beans and other foods in their lives, these foods have the effect of tonifying kidneys and improving sperm, and can also supplement enough nutrition for the human body to promote the recovery of kidney disease.
2. Adhere to appropriate exercise
Want to improve kidney function, life should adhere to reasonable exercise, exercise can promote the body's circulation and metabolism, can also promote the elimination of toxins in the body, reduce the burden on the kidneys, improve kidney function.
3. Ensure good sleep
When the body is in a state of sleep, various organs can repair themselves, and if they often stay up late, sleep is insufficient, and kidney function will naturally decline. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure sufficient sleep time, avoid staying up late, and reasonably plan the time for work and study, so that kidney function can be slowly restored.
In summary, if you want to know whether your kidneys are healthy in life, you can observe your lower limbs, if there is persistent edema in the lower limbs, or the skin of the lower limbs has symptoms such as itching and peeling, it is likely that it is a signal from kidney disease, and you should go to the hospital in time to check and actively deal with it.
Kidney disease is not treated in the early stage, and it is easy to progress to uremia in the later stage, and it can even be life-threatening, so it must be paid enough attention.