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On a sunny weekend, Ye Feng is ready to enjoy an intense badminton match with his family. At the moment when he jumped up to smash, he accidentally sprained his ankle, and the pain made him exclaim: "It's really bad luck today!"
To deal with the sudden injury, he hurried to the community hospital. While waiting for treatment, he overheard a health lecture being held in the hospital.
Originally, he just wanted to pass the time, but he didn't expect that the next information would give him a new understanding of his health.
Ye Feng, a market research analyst who doesn't usually pay much attention to health knowledge, his daily work includes data collection and analysis, evaluating market trends, but has little medical or health knowledge.
During the lecture, the doctor began to introduce the importance of kidney health, especially the various signals that are reflected in the body when kidney function begins to decline. These signals are often overlooked and not noticed until the problem is severe.
When kidney function begins to decline, there are a number of abnormal signals that manifest in the body that are different from those mentioned above, including:
High blood pressure: The kidneys are like a delicate regulator that keeps the balance of water and salt in the body and helps control blood pressure.
If there is a problem with the kidneys, the salt and water in the body may not be excreted, and blood pressure will rise.
Not only is this condition a common sign of kidney disease, but it can also make the condition of the kidneys worse, like a vicious cycle of bad things happening after bad things.
Hematuria: A normal kidney acts like a highly efficient filter that does not allow blood cells to leak into the urine.
But if you notice that your urine is red, it could mean that there is a problem with your kidneys' filtration system, and your blood cells are running into your urine like fish that have slipped through the net.
Loss of appetite and weight loss: When kidney function begins to decline, toxins can build up in your body, which can cause you to feel like you've lost your appetite and even feel nauseous and want to throw up.
These uncomfortable sensations can cause your weight to plummet as you can't eat and your body starts to use stored energy.
Frequent urination at night: An important job of the kidneys is to concentrate urine and help us get a good night's sleep.
But if the kidneys start to have problems, this ability is weakened, and the result is that you have to get up several times at night to go to the toilet.
Although this problem is small, many people may not take it seriously at first, and it is often an early warning of declining kidney function.
Puffiness around the eyes: If you wake up in the morning and notice that the area around your eyes is particularly swollen, it's not the same as puffiness around your ankles or legs.
This may be a sign that the kidneys are no longer able to prevent proteins from the blood from leaking into the urine, indicating that the kidneys' filtering function has been impaired.
The doctor in the lecture used this information to ignite Ye Feng's interest in health knowledge, and also made him reflect on some of the symptoms he may have had, such as occasional high blood pressure and frequent waking up at night to go to the toilet.
He realized that these could be early warning signs of renal insufficiency.
Through this unexpected health talk, Ye Feng decided to make changes to his lifestyle and planned to undergo a comprehensive kidney function test to ensure that the problem was detected early and appropriate preventive measures were taken.
This series of revelations and educational processes not only changed Ye Feng's view of health, but also made him realize that he has the ability and needs to take action to protect his health.
Considering the challenges of modern life, how can you effectively monitor and maintain kidney health in your daily life, especially for the general population who do not have frequent check-ups?
To answer this question, we need to analyze in detail how early recognition of kidney disease can be done and how individuals can take preventive measures in the absence of a medical background.
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