What are the early signs of weak kidney function and how to improve kidney function??
Mar 03, 2022
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Kidney is an important metabolic organ of the human body. It can help the body to expel toxins and excess water produced by metabolism. In daily life, people hold their waists and jokingly say that they are having poor kidney function. This is true as most modern people often stay up late, and some people often drink excessively, these bad habits will increase the burden on the kidneys, and it leads to a series of kidney function failures eventually over time. However, there are very few people who really understand the manifestations of kidney disease that caused poor kidney function.
People who are having poor kidney function may be experiencing the symptoms such as feeling tired often and easily, experiencing pains in the lower back areas and loss of appetite, etc as follows.
Feel tired very often
When the human kidney function is not good, a lot of waste is difficult to excrete in the urine, and there will be a feeling of lack of energy, fatigue, fatigue and so on. If the kidneys are diseased, nutrients such as protein leak from the kidneys and are excreted from the body through the urine. Some patients think that it is due to overwork, or other reasons, and ignore the problem of the kidneys.
Loss of appetite
Not wanting to eat, anorexia, and even nausea and vomiting are also common symptoms of kidney disease. Some patients always go to the gastroenterology or liver disease department first to see if they have stomach or liver disease. Once they see that there is no stomach or liver disease, they just put it aside and forgot to see a nephrologist. As a result, the condition was delayed.
Foamy urine
There are many reasons for foam in the urine. Among them, if the protein leaks into the urine from the kidney, the urine will have a lot of foam.
Pain on the lower back
The location of the kidneys is on both sides of the spine at the waist, so when the kidneys are sick, you will feel back pain.
Edema
Drinking too much water, sleeping for too long, obesity, etc., eyelids, face, calves, and other parts may have slight edema or transient edema, if this is not the case, it is necessary to suspect that there is a kidney problem.
Urine protein and urine occult blood
Protein or occult blood in the urine is an important indication of kidney disease, which can be clear by checking urine routines. But sometimes doctors who are not specialized in kidney disease will ignore this point, and it is best to consult a doctor who specializes in kidney disease.
Anemia
Patients with anemia often go to the hematology department to see anemia. In fact, in addition to the functions of excretion of waste, the kidney also has endocrine function and secretion of hematopoietic hormones. When kidney function is damaged, it can also cause anemia.
Diabetes
Diabetes can cause kidney disease, its name is diabetic nephropathy, which is a complication of diabetes. Diabetic nephropathy is divided into five stages. The treatment effect is better in the early stage. Once it is late, it is difficult to treat and will develop into uremia. Therefore, patients with diabetes must always visit the nephrology department.
Hypertension
Hypertension can cause hypertensive nephropathy, also called hypertensive kidney damage, so people with hypertension should pay more attention. Of course, kidney disease can also cause high blood pressure. If the blood pressure is high, beware of kidney disease.
Gout, hyperuricemia
Gout and hyperuricemia are caused by too much uric acid in the blood. People with high blood uric acid will deposit uric acid in the kidneys and damage the kidney function.
Urinary Tract Infection
People with frequent urinary tract infections may cause renal insufficiency if the time is long.
So, since we have an understanding of the manifestation of weak kidney functions, let see what can we do to improve kidney function:
1. Drink more water
The kidneys are called the "cleaners" of the human body. When the kidneys metabolize body waste and other activities, they need enough water to assist. The best time to drink water is: after getting up in the morning, around 10 am, and around 3 pm, before going to bed. It is not advisable to drink water before meals and after meals. Drink water before meals 15 minutes before meals, and the interval between drinking water after meals should be longer. The more difficult the food, the longer the digestion time. 30 minutes after eating fruits and 3 hours after eating meat.
2. Eat warm
Kidney function can eat more foods such as oxtail soup, mutton, and pigeon. In the autumn and winter season, eat some warm foods. some foods are warm in nature which can nourish the kidney and treat the Kidney-yang deficiency. people with weak kidney function need to avoid eating food ingredients that have a cold nature including all kinds of cold drinks, and all kinds of raw and cold melons and fruits.
3. Eat mild foods with less salt
In winter, the function of our kidneys is already prosperous. If we do not pay attention to our diet or take a lot of salt-flavored foods, our kidney qi will be more prosperous. Excessive kidney qi can greatly damage the heart and weaken the strength of the heart, thereby affecting the health of our entire human body. Nutrition experts suggest that you should try to eat less salty foods in winter to prevent excessive kidney water; eat more bitter foods to nourish the heart and enhance kidney function. Common foods such as betel nuts, oranges, pork liver, lamb liver, rutabaga, lettuce , Vinegar, tea, etc.
4. Eat more black
To nourish the kidney, you should eat more black foods, and less stimulating foods and sweets. Chinese medicine believes that black foods can strengthen kidney function. You can choose to eat black rice, black beans, black sesame, black fungus, black dates, mushrooms, kelp, seaweed and other foods. It is recommended to eat more in daily kidney protection. It can also boil black rice, black beans, black sesame and other whole grain porridge for daily kidney protection. It can be said that all black foods are good products for nourishing the kidney, among which black beans have the most obvious effect of nourishing the kidney. People with poor kidneys may wish to cook more black beans for themselves in daily life.
5. Drink juice
In the case of a bad kidney function, we can drink some fresh juice. Fruit juice or vegetable juice has the effect of decomposing and removing garbage from the body. Fruit and vegetable juices contain a variety of phytochemicals, which help prevent the risk of renal failure in dialysis patients. In particular, berry juices such as blueberries are rich in antioxidants, which help improve kidney health.
6. Eat kidney nourishing foods such as yam and Cistanche and wolfberry
Chinese yam and cistanche are traditional kidney-nourishing foods. They have a good effect on promoting kidney health and curing kidney function diseases. Both yam and cistanche are medicinal and edible medicinal materials. Therefore, in all kidney-tonifying drugs and foods, yam and cistanche have always occupied an important position. People with poor kidneys may wish to eat more yam and cistanche for nourishment in their daily lives.
Chinese wolfberry has been used to nourish the body and regulate kidney function for a long time. Chinese medicine has pointed out that wolfberry has good kidney function. Therefore, in daily life, we may wish to often soak medlar in water or boil it to drink to enhance our kidney function. Especially for some people who have sexual dysfunction due to renal insufficiency, eating more wolfberry in daily life can also effectively enhance sexual function.
Conclusion: When the kidney function is not good, a lot of waste is difficult to excrete from the urine, and there will be feelings of lack of energy, such as lack of energy, fatigue, and fatigue. When the kidneys metabolize body waste and other activities, they need enough water to assist. Eat more foods that nourish the kidney, so that it can not only supplement nutrition but also invigorate kidney function.
