Many people are eagerly asking how to protect their kidneys and how to
prevent the appearance of those kidney diseases. In response to these queries,
experts in our hospital give patients’ answers. Generally people could take care
of their kidneys from these aspects.
Early prevention and protection of your kidneys are great important,
otherwise, if kidneys are damaged, it will progresses into the end stage of renal failure(ESRD) or Uremia, which have the great possibility of endangering
patients’ lives. The ways in taking care of your kidneys could be started from
the change of unfavorable diet habits to the lifestyle modifications.
1. Eat More Water and Urination Frequently
Drinking more water helps to dilute the urine, which could not only let the
urine toxins and metabolic wastes excreted rapidly, it can also prevent the
lithangiuria and urinary infections, etc.
2. Drink Less and Forbid Smoking
Drinking less water is beneficial to your kidneys and avoid smoking could
also do.
3. Approriate Diet
Eating too much at one time could aggravate your kdineys’ burdens, so a
balanced diet is advocated.
4. Drink Less Beverage
Beverages such as soft drink, cola, or coffee, even or fruit juice have
caffeine, which could lead to the elevation of your blood pressures, and the
elevated blood pressure is an important factor which could damage your
kidneys.
5. Avoid Blind Medication
Some medicines are harmful to your kidneys, so the long-term use of these
medicines, such as pain-killers, analgesics, aristolochic acid could gradually
damage your kidneys and its functions.
6. Restrict Your Sodium Intake
Nearly 95 percent sodium ingredients are metabolized by our kidneys, so too
much intake of sodium is not good for your kidneys.
7. Regular Inspections on Your Kidneys
Since there are generally no obvious symptoms for the kidney diseases, so
regular examinations, for example every half year, are of vital importance.
I hope that you can take care of your kidneys through these 7 ways as well as
other measures. Good Luck.
