Men's kidneys have "six fears"

Core Tip: If you think chronic kidney disease is far away from you, you are wrong! Currently, one in every 10 adults in our country suffers from chronic kidney disease, and 1% of them may develop uremia.

On the one hand, the incidence of chronic kidney disease is alarming. On the other hand, there are many people who ignore kidney health. In daily life, many people even repeat behaviors that damage the kidneys. In order to protect your kidneys, starting today, review the details of your life and avoid the following "kidney-damaging" behaviors.

Kidney Fear: Focusing on Kidney Boosting but Ignoring Kidney Health

Tonifying the kidney is a health concept advocated by many people. Many people think that tonifying the kidney means tonifying the kidney. "This is a misunderstanding," said Shi Wei, director of the Department of Nephrology at Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital. The "kidney" referred to in traditional Chinese medicine is a functional concept, which includes the comprehensive functions of the reproductive system, endocrine system and urinary system in modern medicine. The "kidney" referred to in modern medicine refers to the real kidney. The kidney is responsible for removing toxins, waste and excess water from the body. In addition, it also helps the body control blood pressure, regulate electrolyte concentration, produce red blood cells, etc. Once the kidney function is damaged, most of them are irreversible.

Therefore, it is dangerous to only focus on kidney nourishment while ignoring kidney health. Instead of nourishing the kidney frequently, it is better to protect the kidney well.

The second thing the kidneys fear: eating too much meat and fish, and too much protein

Protein is an essential nutrient for the human body, and it is right to attach importance to protein intake, but this does not mean "the more high-protein food you eat, the better." Healthy people can supplement the daily protein needs through a balanced diet. But now many people in the workplace often socialize and eat a lot of meat and fish, which leads to excessive protein intake. Director Shi Wei reminded that long-term high-protein intake will increase the burden on the kidneys and even put the kidneys in a state of "overload" for a long time. For people who already have kidney damage, protein intake must be strictly controlled. Be sure to consult a nephrologist and formulate a diet under the guidance of a nutritionist.

In addition, I would like to remind you that protein is not limited to eggs and milk. Various meats, seafood and beans all contain high levels of protein. When you are keen on eating high-protein foods or blindly supplementing high-protein nutritional supplements, be careful not to damage your kidneys.

Three things that the kidneys fear: drinking hot soup every day, high in purine

Guangdong people love soup, and they love to drink a bowl of old-style soup when they eat. Old-style soup usually contains a lot of meat and is cooked for two or three hours. After a long time of cooking, a large amount of purine will dissolve into the meat soup. Frequent drinking of old-style soup with too much purine will cause uric acid to accumulate in the blood. The increase in uric acid content can easily lead to gout and damage the kidneys.

Another "kidney-damaging" eating habit is drinking large amounts of seafood and beer, because some ingredients rich in seafood, under the effect of beer, will greatly increase the uric acid content in the human blood, inducing gout and gouty nephropathy.

Four fears of the kidneys: frequent urine retention and insufficient water intake

Many people often hold their urine because they are too busy at work. However, they do not know that holding urine for too long can easily lead to increased bladder pressure, bladder pressure reflex disorder and decreased detrusor function, or affect the ureter-bladder anti-reflux mechanism, leading to urine reflux, which can easily lead to complications such as pyelonephritis and kidney function damage. Therefore, no matter how busy you are at work, don't forget to go to the toilet on time.

In addition, many people are too busy with work to drink water. If you don't drink enough water, your urine volume will naturally decrease, and the concentration of waste and toxins in your urine will increase. Common kidney stones in clinical practice are closely related to long-term lack of water. Director Shi emphasized that we should develop the habit of drinking more water, and ensure at least 8 large cups of boiled water every day (note: do not replace it with beverages). Drinking more water can dilute urine, allowing urine to be excreted quickly, which helps prevent stones.

Five things that the kidneys fear: eating too salty food and difficulty in excreting water

95% of the salt in our diet is metabolized by the kidneys. Eating too much salt will naturally increase the burden on the kidneys. In addition, the sodium in the salt will make it difficult for the body to excrete water, further increasing the burden on the kidneys, leading to a decline in kidney function. At the same time, eating too much salt will lead to increased blood pressure, and the kidneys will not be able to maintain normal blood flow, thus inducing kidney disease. It is recommended to control the daily salt intake within 6 grams.

Six fears of the kidney: drug abuse, which can poison the kidney

During the consultation, the experts found that some of the Chinese medicines taken contained aristolochic acid, which is toxic to the kidneys. It can be said that the cinnabarinum is the culprit of the disease. "In nephrology, cases of kidney failure caused by improper use of drugs are not uncommon, which cannot but arouse people's vigilance."

Experts point out that many people think that Chinese herbal medicines have no toxic side effects, which is a huge misunderstanding. There are more and more reports of Chinese herbal medicines causing kidney damage, among which Aristolochia, Cantharis, Tripterygium wilfordii, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Cigugu, Aristolochia guanyidis, Sophora flavescens, Fish gall, and Herba Lysimachiae are the most toxic to the kidneys. The dosage and indications of these drugs should be strictly controlled.

In addition to the above Chinese herbal medicines, many commonly used Western medicines also have great renal toxicity.

1. Antibiotics. Among them, aminoglycoside antibiotics (gentamicin, streptomycin, etc.) are the most nephrotoxic.

2. Anti-inflammatory analgesics. Long-term and excessive use of anti-inflammatory analgesics often causes renal interstitial lesions, forming "analgesic nephritis" and eventually developing into renal failure, which is more difficult to treat.

Remember, taking any medicine has potential risks. You must take it according to your doctor's instructions and do not increase the dosage without authorization. At the same time, you must pay attention to the contraindications of taking the medicine to avoid the risk of kidney failure.