The kidneys are the body's filter system.
Most of us have seen a swimming pool or spa. The water into the filter and comes out having been cleand. The Kidneys serve a pretty similar role whithin the body. the blood flows into the kidneys and through the kidneys is a form of filter. A lot of wastes are then removeed and then go out though the bladder and pass out of the body as urine. The blood that's passed through the kidneys comes out the back end of the blood stream with the waste products removed. So the role of the kidney is vital whithin the body beause every day, the cell are turning over and there are breakdown products which we need to get rid of.
you could imagine what would happen to a swimming pool if the filter had broken down. The water will go off and become a veray green colour and you probably wouldn't want to swim in it. You could imagine if the kidneys were to break down, that's going to be a serious problem for the body. Renal failure will lead to death if it isn't managed. Once upon a time, that's exactly what would happen.
Today we know that people can have kidney transplants and ther people may go into dialysis. Dailysis is a form of treatment where external machine takes over the role of filtering the blood. But before we get to those stages, what's really important is can we look after our kidneys and perhaps not reach that stage? The short answer is 'yes'.
The leading cause and reason for people to be on dialysis in ____ is diabeic kidney disease. We also know that managing diabetes is the best way of not ending up with end stage renal disease. Managing your diabetes through diet, exercise and maintaining good blood sugar is also good for your kidneys. Other conditions that can lead to kidney problems are: High blood pressure so again, managing high blood pressure and keeping it under control, either through weight loss and dietary measures, together with exercise and for some people, medication as well. It's not only going to be good for your heart and reduce your risk of a heart attack and strock, but it's going to be good for your kidneys too.
There are a whole range of other kidney conditions, some of which have a generic basis; some of which are called autoimmune conditions. Most of them are thankfully fairly rare. And again, depending upon one, they can be managed and treated and treated accordingly.
What are some basic things that you can do for you kidneys? Making sure that you're drinking enough water each day. It really is number 1, 2 and 3. A little bit like the filter in the pool, if it's suking in air and not enough water, it's not going to work as well. So flushing the kidney system through by drinking plenty of water is important. There are exceptions, and in some casese people are advised to restrict their fluids but for people who are otherwise fit, well and healthy, then your standard is roughly 30 mL per kilogram boly weight per day or slightly more if exercising. Maintaining a sensible diet as we spoke abou before is good for your kidneys. Not eating too much protein, and again people will argue about what constitutes too much but exess nitrogen in the diet cabt put extra load on the kidneys.
So looking sfter your kidneys is not that difficult. In fact, these things that are good for your heart, your brain, your blood pressure and for preventing diabetes. It's the same old chestnuts but they're worth repeating again.
A sensible diet with fruit and vegetables, nut seeds and berries, not too much meat, drinking plenty of water, going easy on the alcohol. So you smoking, and doing some regular exercise. So you get a lot of bang for your buck out of doing the basics.
We need our kidneys. When they're not there, it is a very serious pronlem. Treatment is much better today than previous years and we talked before about dialysis and kidney transplants and it's wonderful we can do that these days. it's even better if we can maintain and look after our own kidneys and have them for as long as we live.
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