7 Misunderstandings About Kidney Disease And What Should Be Done To Nourish The Kidney?

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Kidney disease is not uncommon, but if you don't pay attention, uremia will be waiting for you! Many people don't know much about kidney disease, but only know that uremia is particularly harmful. In the face of this type of disease, there is only panic, and there is no way to prevent it, which also makes too many people inevitably misunderstand kidney disease. 

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What are the myths about kidney disease?

1. Low back pain is kidney disease

One of the early symptoms of kidney disease is low back pain, but it cannot be said that once there is low back pain, the kidney must be treated. Some orthopedic or peripheral soft tissue diseases also have low back pain symptoms, and some patients with kidney disease will not have low back pain.

2. Kidney deficiency is equal to kidney disease

The two are actually different concepts. Traditional Chinese medicine talks about kidney deficiency, but in Western medicine, whether it is kidney disease can only be diagnosed through tests such as blood and urine tests. Only when symptoms such as urine protein and hematuria are found can it be determined as kidney disease.

3, kidney disease is not cured

Early detection of signs of kidney disease, early prevention, early treatment, and control of diet and living habits can effectively prevent kidney disease from worsening.

4. Kidney puncture is scary

Generally speaking, it is relatively safe to perform renal punctures in a regular hospital. Through this operation, doctors can determine what the disease is and can formulate the most suitable treatment plan.

5. If you have kidney disease, you need to make up for it

The kidney disease mentioned above does not mean kidney deficiency. Therefore, blindly nourishing the kidney will not necessarily bring benefits to the recovery of the entire kidney disease. In addition, the kidney is a sewer of our human body. After suffering from kidney disease, if you eat a lot of health products, eat a lot of nutrition, drink a lot of soup, etc., these things will eventually be excreted through our kidneys, so the burden on the kidneys will be very heavy, it will work overload, and ultimately not only the recovery of the kidneys Unfavorable, it may also aggravate the speed of renal failure; and when these things enter the human body, they will catabolize and metabolize some products, and if these products are not excreted in time, they will eventually damage our kidneys. Therefore, if you have kidney disease, you must not abuse health products and drugs, and you must have a reasonable diet, so as to help the kidneys recover.

6. Relying solely on traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Many kidney disease patients believe that traditional Chinese medicine will not affect the body, so they generally use traditional Chinese medicine to regulate kidney disease, thinking that this method will not cause damage to the kidney. In fact, it is a big mistake. Relying solely on traditional Chinese medicine to treat kidney disease will not have a certain therapeutic effect. It is necessary to adopt a combination of Chinese and Western methods to improve the cure rate of patients.

7. No pain or itching means nothing

In the early stage of kidney disease, there are basically no symptoms, and it is easy to be ignored by people; but once checked, various symptoms will appear frequently, which greatly delays the best treatment time; in the early stage, if you find any discomfort, you must promptly It is best to go to the hospital for regular urinalysis, so that kidney disease can be well eliminated.

Everyone should take a correct view of kidney disease, not worry about it, and not delay the best treatment time.

The kidney is an important organ of the human body, which ensures the stability of the internal environment of the body and enables normal metabolism. However, according to relevant statistics, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease among adults in my country is 10.8%, and there are about 120 million adult chronic kidney disease patients. With such a high prevalence rate, no one can ignore it. Therefore, it is particularly important to do a better job of nourishing and protecting the kidneys in daily life.

What should I do to nourish the kidneys every day?

1. Eat a balanced diet

As the saying goes, "disaster comes out of the mouth, disease comes in from the mouth", the role of the daily diet in nourishing and protecting the kidney is irreplaceable by any health care product.

The doctor recommends that the three meals should be matched with coarse and fine grains, and the proportion of whole grains (corn, barley, etc.) should be appropriately increased. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. You can eat soybeans, meat (reduce red meat), fish, poultry, etc. in moderation. One glass of milk every day, and processed meats such as ham and sausage should be avoided. Excessive salt will also increase the burden on the kidneys. Therefore, try to eat less spicy and heavy-taste foods, and the amount of salt per person per day should be within 6g. In addition, a healthy diet should follow the concept of eating fewer and more meals.

2. Quit bad habits

Some people around us always buy some tonics to keep healthy when they have nothing to do, but they don’t know that “it’s a medicine with three poisons”. Abusing tonics will not only fail to maintain health but also cause a burden on our kidneys and damage them when they are metabolized by the kidneys. healthy. It goes without saying that smoking, drinking, and staying up late can damage the kidneys.

The doctor recommends: In order to be healthy, we must not smoke, drink, and use drugs indiscriminately, and ensure at least 7 hours of sleep every night.

3. Drink plenty of water

Drinking water is an important part of maintaining the metabolism of the living body. Lack of water will condense urine, and the body will reduce urination in order to maintain water balance, so some bacteria and tangible substances in the urinary tract are easily deposited to damage the kidneys. Under normal circumstances, adults should drink 1500ml to 1700ml of water a day, which includes both the water that they drink directly and the water contained in the ingested food. Therefore, it is recommended to drink 1500ml of water a day, which is about 4 cups of water in a large ceramic cup. It is advisable to drink a small amount of water several times. If you don’t know if you drink too much or too little, you can judge by the color of your urine. If the color is too light, you may be drinking too much water. If the color is dark, it means you need it Add some more water.

4. Exercise to enhance physical fitness

Life is movement, and exercise is an investment in health. Adherence to exercise can strengthen one's own physique, promote metabolism, and prevent the occurrence of kidney disease.

Doctor's suggestion: There is also a limit to exercise. You must choose a suitable exercise method to exercise moderately. Once excessive, not only is it useless, but it may damage your body function. Generally speaking, each exercise time in an aerobic state is 30 to 60 minutes. Be well prepared before exercising.