Awareness About Kidney Diseases
Is your kidney getting worse? Then, you are required to talk with a healthcare provider and get the renal failure treatment in Delhi NCR. If you are seeking for the best specialist then, Dr. B.K. Upadhyay is one of the best and is the preferred choice of the patients for getting the renal failure treatment. Trusting him is one of the best choices which can help you feel better and live life longer.
If kidney parameters are deranged beyond 3 months we call it chronic kidneys disease, as chances of complete recovery are not there beyond 3 months.
Kidney diseases, which happen over hours or days in people, whose kidneys were previously healthy, called acute kidney injury (AKI), have always chances of recovery and Doctor (Nephrologist) should always be consulted at an earliest.
As per one data, every one out of 10th person has some form of kidney disease. Chances of Kidney problem increases with passage of time. It is said that almost half of the people have kidney problem after 75 years of age group.
Causes: Main causes in adults are Uncontrolled Diabetes and high BP.
There are some painkillers like brufen, voveran, combiflam or Nimesulide which causes damage to kidneys if taken regularly for long time. Even single tablet of such painkillers can cause significant damage to kidneys to the extent that sometimes people need hospitalization & even dialysis support also. So self medication or medicine from chemist shop should be avoided.
Excessive exercise, running or Gym especially in settings of dry hot environment can cause significant kidney damage, which recovers with aggressive treatment & close monitoring by nephrologist.
Excessive protein intake is harmful to kidneys. Nowadays many youngsters are consuming excessive amounts of protein for body buildings which should be avoided.
Manifestation: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is also called silent killer disease as it has no manifestation in early stage of the diseases. Even our body can bear without any complaint or alarm up to damage of 50% of kidney function. Later patient can have swelling over face or feet, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting or easy fatigability.
Many patients develop High blood pressure, low hemoglobin. Generalized body pain is common but pain at area of kidney is not that common. Difficulty in breathing as well as urine output decreases with advancement of the disease.
Prevention from kidney diseases: Since cost of treatment of kidney failure is high & a common man can not afford it. Prevention should be stressed.
Eat health diet and consume sufficient amount of water. Avoid excessive protein intake. Avoid nonvegetarian diet. Avoid smoking and alcohol intake.
Remain fit and active. Do regular exercise. Keep weight under control. Avoid kidney unsafe medicines.
Take good control of Blood pressure and sugar, whosoever have.Key message regarding prevention from kidney disease, is that do not wait for problems to occur but get regular preventive health check up done, at least once a year especially those high risk people, who are above age of 40 years or have family history of High BP, High sugar or kidney disease.
