In the process of human metabolism, a large amount of metabolic waste will be generated, and only a small part of these metabolic waste will be excreted through the gastrointestinal tract, while the remaining vast majority needs to play a role with the help of the kidneys, so as to be smoothly excreted through the urine.
Therefore, the impact on the human body whether the kidney health is maintained well or not has always been very large. As we all know, the kidneys are paired organs, that is, there is a difference between the left kidney and the right kidney. So if one of the kidneys is removed, will it seriously damage human health?
In fact, both the left kidney and the right kidney are made up of renal units, and each kidney unit consists of three major parts: glomerular, renal sac, and tubule. And in every metabolic process, not all kidney units are required to work together.
For this, we can understand that in fact, some kidney units are in a state of rest. Therefore, if the removal of one kidney is caused by disease, trauma, transplantation, etc., as long as the remaining kidney remains healthy, it will not cause excessive adverse effects on the human body.
Therefore, do not think that once the loss of part of the kidney will inevitably lead to premature aging or short life, this kind of extreme one-sided thinking is very undesirable.
In addition, in real life, in fact, there are a small number of people who are born to lack one kidney, but as long as the body is well maintained, then such people can still have health and longevity smoothly.
Therefore, for the loss or removal of unilateral kidneys, we must not be overly nervous or anxious. However, we must not think that we do not pay too much attention to kidney maintenance, and this erroneous view must be corrected in time.
In fact, for friends who have removed one kidney, if the remaining kidneys also have functional decline or serious lesions, it is easy to cause serious damage to physical health. Therefore, for such people, for the remaining side of the kidney maintenance, we must pay full attention. Let's take a look at what should be done to protect the kidneys.
1. Use medication with caution
In order to effectively ensure kidney health and stay as far away from kidney disease as possible, it is necessary to actively follow the principle of caution in medication. Because drugs are likely to produce certain harmful substances while treating human diseases, the metabolism and discharge of these harmful substances are often inseparable from the kidneys to play an important role.
Therefore, if you often take indiscriminate medication or overdoses, it is easy to cause the kidneys to decline due to detoxification and excessive metabolic pressure.
2. Healthy eating
The impact of healthy diet on kidney function is very large, so if you want to stay away from kidney disease to the greatest extent, you must pay more attention to daily diet.
In particular, we must actively avoid undesirable foods with high salt and high purines that can easily lead to serious damage to kidney health, such as hot pots, barbecues, animal offal, meat soups, etc.
The above is an introduction to kidney-related knowledge. In fact, in the case of the loss or removal of one kidney, as long as the remaining kidneys can remain healthy, then the human life expectancy will not be seriously impaired.
However, if the remaining side of the kidney is also impaired, it is necessary to pay more attention to and actively strengthen kidney maintenance, such as remember not to use drugs indiscriminately in daily life, and must actively stay away from high-salt, high-purine foods.