"There are more than 1 million uremia dialysis patients in China! As a person who has been fighting uremia for 10 years, I would like to say: uremia is caused by myself!"
This is a young man who suffered from advanced uremia at the age of 23 and has been fighting the disease for 10 years.
According to the latest data released at the annual meeting of the Nephrology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, the total number of dialysis patients in mainland China has exceeded 1 million. Among mainland adults, up to 10.8% of patients suffer from chronic kidney disease.
1. "Most uremia is self-inflicted!"
"Many people's uremia is caused," says Chen Zhaohui, a well-known nephrologist in Beijing.
Because uremia is not an independent disease, but a common clinical syndrome of various end-stage renal diseases, it generally refers to stage 4 or 5 of chronic kidney disease. By the time of uremia, the most serious lesions have already occurred in the structure and function of the kidneys!
In Chen Zhaohui's view, the eventual occurrence of uremia mostly stems from people's life habits:
1. Excessive smoking
Harmful substances such as nicotine, cadmium and lead in cigarettes are nephrotoxic, which can increase blood pressure, damage glomeruli and endothelial cells, etc., resulting in kidney disease in the human body.
2. Hold urine frequently
Long-term holding of urine will cause the urine in the body to exceed the capacity of the bladder, so that the urine will return to the ureter, which will then promote the infection of the urinary system and increase the incidence of uremia.
3. Overwork
Nearly 70% of nephritis patients have long-term overwork experience, because overwork will reduce the body's resistance and make the body more susceptible to viruses and bacteria.
4. Eating too much salt
The kidneys are able to break down 95% of the salt ingested by a person, and excessive sodium intake can increase the burden on the kidneys. In addition, the sodium in table salt is hydrophilic, which can hinder the discharge of water, which can easily lead to edema in the body, thereby increasing kidney damage.
5. Drug abuse
The kidneys are metabolic organs, and the drugs and food eaten by the human body must be metabolized by the kidneys, and the abuse of drugs can lead to kidney damage, and in severe cases, kidney poisoning may also occur.
2. Uremia is not without symptoms, and the kidneys will give you 5 chances!
Although the terrible and hateful thing about kidney disease is that "there are no symptoms in the early stage, and it is too difficult to treat in the late stage", many people do not know it on the road and regret it until it is difficult to return.
But in fact, before mild kidney disease progresses to desperate uremia, the kidneys will give you 5 chances, but many people are unaware of the prompts:
The first chance - the body has no obvious symptoms, the kidney function is normal, but the urine has abnormal conditions such as blood or proteinuria.
Second chance - mild chronic kidney disease with urine occult blood and a protein positive or pH >8.
The third chance - moderate chronic kidney disease, fatigue, backache and other symptoms, as well as hematuria, foamy urine and other conditions.
The fourth chance - severe chronic kidney disease, severe renal insufficiency, swollen hands and feet, low urine, abnormal electrolytes such as anorexia, calcium, phosphorus and potassium.
The fifth chance, uremia, may present with life-threatening complications such as hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis.
Although kidney disease has always been known as the "silent killer", the symptoms of kidney disease will become more and more pronounced from stages 1-5. In stage 1-2 kidney disease, the progression of kidney disease can be slowed, stopped, or even reversed by changing diet and lifestyle and treating the disease.
3. Even if you have an iron kidney, you should eat less of these 4 foods
1. Pickle food
Pickled food is very delicious and popular with people of different ages, but pickled food contains a lot of salt, and eating too much can easily increase the burden on the kidneys, and long-term uncontrolled food will lead to kidney function impairment.
2. Foods with high phosphorus content
Phosphorus is good for the body, but phosphorus intake should also be moderate, because phosphorus needs glomeruli to filter and excrete, excessive intake of phosphorus will lead to a decrease in the filtration function of glomeruli, and may also lead to kidney deficiency and overdraft.
3. Alcohol
Drinking alcohol hurts the kidneys and liver, and excessive drinking will increase the pressure on the kidneys and promote metabolic disorders, so you should drink as little alcohol as possible in your life.
4. Star fruit
There is no doubt that eating fruit is beneficial to the body, but it is important to note that star fruit contains a lot of neurotoxins, and long-term consumption of large amounts of star fruit will cause toxin accumulation and cause acute kidney failure.
In addition to paying more attention to the usual time, the following 10 types of people should have a kidney function test every year:
1. High blood pressure
2. Diabetes
3. Persistent proteinuria
4. People who smoke and drink heavily
5. Kidney stones
6. People with gout
7. Family history of the disease
8. People who take medicine indiscriminately for a long time
9. Obese people
10. Seniors over 60 years old
In every period when the kidneys become weaker, the body has given certain hints, read it, pay attention to it, and do it, so that uremia can be a little farther away from you.