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Posted by NephrologyUSA on 01/11/2021

What are the preventive measures to avoid kidney damage?

What are the preventive measures to avoid kidney damage?

In a common observation, it is found that many individuals ignore the symptoms of kidney disease voluntarily because the signs of kidney disease are non-specific and similar to other illnesses. So, in order to prevent such diseases, the high-risk individuals must have screened regularly, because anyone can have kidney damage without their knowledge, and exactly such ignorance or overlook causes great harm resulting in kidney failure.

Additionally, if certain medications are consumed for an excessive time period, it can also damage the body organs like Kidneys. Nephrologists also prohibit taking common medicines used for Pain killers like ibuprofen, or antacids, because that can lead to fatal kidney issues, if consumed inordinately and for a longer period.

Common prevention measures to prevent Kidney diseases:

In order to prevent kidney damage, it is very important to keep your body overall in good health. People who understand the importance of our body always quote “If you are good to your body, your body will be good to you!!”

Additionally, Nephrology USA has prescribed the following recommendations that will surely help you to ensure your kidneys remain healthy even in your old age:

1.     Keep high blood pressure in check

 Ordinarily, the blood pressure helps to ensure the kidneys are healthy and working well. And When the blood pressure increases above the mark which is considered healthy for kidneys, the kidneys are forced to work harder. But over the period of time, the kidneys become less efficient to filter the blood and cleanse the body.

2.    Monitor your Cholesterol:

High Cholesterol has negative impacts on our body and the development of high cholesterol is resulted due to various factors like weight, diet, gender, alcohol use, stress levels, and background.  High cholesterol levels may affect the Liver, thyroid, and kidneys.

In order to prevent high cholesterol levels, exercise and consume healthy eatables, that will keep you energetic also throughout the day.

3.    Avoid Tobacco:

Smoking or Tobacco usage is injurious to health and it can cause a number of avoidable health problems like certain cancers, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

Avoid Tobacco and smoking from now, if you consume.

4.    Maintain a healthy weight:

Several kidney diseases are the result of obesity and heavyweight. In several cases, bodyweight is the main factor to decide the body diseases and their cure, because several medications are applied to reduce body weight. Obesity gives a rise to many diseases and Kidney problems are one of them.

So, It is really necessary to maintain a healthy weight because that will help you avoid diseases like obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and heart diseases also.

Nephrology USA has a team of highly skilled and experienced Nephrologists to manage all aspects of kidney-related problems.

 

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