Why Are the Kidneys So Important

2015-09-14 03:16

Kidney is very important and indispensable for our body. The properties of kidney have great effects on our body mechanism. This time we will explain why kidney is so important for us in detail.

There are two kidneys for a healthy people, which are located in two sides of our waists. The very unique property of kidney is compensatory function, that is to say, one kidney can work as well as two. Thus, in general, when kidney function decreases to less than 50%, abnormal symptoms or signs in our body can appear obvious. Kidney filters the blood to remove wastes and fluids in blood through urine, and urine gets excreted with those wastes and fluids. In this way, tissues and cells in body can maintain good conditions to function. In addition, electrolyte balance is kept by kidney function. Excessive electrolyte like phosphorus and potassium gets removed through urine by kidney. Kidney can produce hormones to regulate blood pressure and stimulate red blood cells production, help formation of vitamin D in our body.

If kidney is impaired, kidney function can be affected and decline gradually. In this situation, kidney failure is resulted in. kidney damage can be caused by many factors or diseases like hypertension and diabetes.

How to know you are in kidney failure?

Getting tests of blood creatinine and protein in urine are the most leading ways to detect kidney disease.

Signs of kidney failure: high blood pressure, protein in urine, high creatinine level, urination more or less, urine color changes, swelling in body.

How is kidney failure treated?

Unfortunately, kidney failure can not be cured yet with nowadays medical technology. What we can do is prevent deterioration of disease condition to prolong life and elevate life quality.

Patients with kidney failure can take medicines to alleviate symptoms and complications of kidney failure in daily life, and have a healthy diet and lifestyle with regular exercise to improve kidney conditions. And if kidney function is lost less than 85%, dialysis need to replace kidney to filter the blood. Kidney transplant should also be taken into consideration. Chinese medicine has been used to treat kidney failure for many years in clinic, and it can help treat kidney failure fundamentally by recovering kidney function and repairing kidney damage in the long term. What is more, other parts of body can also be improved because Chinese medicine has effects of promoting blood circulation, expanding blood vessels, and preventing inflammation and degrading fibrosis.

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