Kidney Problems And Home Remedies

Your kidneys are two of the most important organs in your body. They filter your blood and help get rid of waste products from your body.

 Each kidney is about the size of a mobile phone. They have an unusual shape - kidney beans are named after them because they have the same shape.

 

They get their blood give from side to side the renal arteries in a straight line from the aorta and send blood back to the heart via the renal veins to the vena cava.

 

Symptoms of Kidney Disease

1. Swelling of the face and feet and now and then of the whole body (Edema) – Important sign of kidney disease.

 2. Puffiness around the eyes, mostly in the morning.

  3. Burning sensation while urinating.

 4.  Gross Hematuria – Red or coffee colored urine.

  5. Change in pattern of urination counting increased frequency of urination and having to get up more often at night to pass urine.

 6.  Pain in the back just below the ribs.

 

Treatment of Kidney Problem

 

1. Make exercise a practice part of your life. Try to do at least 2½ hours a week of moderate exercise.

 

2. One way to do this is to be active 30 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week. It’s fine to be active in blocks of 10 minutes or more all through your day and week.

 3. Work with your doctor or other health expert to design an work out program that is right for you.

 4. Exercise may help you have power over diabetes and high blood pressure, which can lead to kidney disease.

 5. Avoid taking medicines that can injure your kidneys, like ibuprofen (such as Advil), naproxen sodium (Aleve), and celecoxib (Celebrex).

 6. Be sure your doctor knows about all instruction medicines, over-the-counter medicines, and herbs that you are captivating.

 

Home Remedies for Kidney Problems

 

1. With a kidney infection, germs and bacteria take up house within your kidney and multiple.

 2. Drinking extra water helps your kidneys be able to flush those germs and bacteria out of your body, taking the bug along with it.

 3. In case of burning urination, lemon juice assorted with sugar and water should be given 2 to 3 times a day.

 4. Asparagus, cucumber, celery, garlic, parsley are favorable vegetables for the treatment of kidney disease. Papaya fruit has healing effect on kidneys.

 5. A patient agony from kidney problem should eat potatoes. It contain lots of sodium and very little of potassium.

 6. Too much of potassium causes excessive secretion of salt from the kidneys.

 7. Intake of protein should be abridged to forty grams per day. Breakdown of protein in food produces more waste crop that are to be eliminate by the kidneys.

 8. This puts extreme strain on the already weakened kidneys. So moderate intake of protein protects kidneys

 

The In and Out of Kidney Disease and Diet Soda

What goes in must come out – this is especially true when it comes to your kidneys. Kidney function and the effects of diet soda have been in the news recently. Two published studies conclude that a diet high in salt or artificially sweetened drinks increases the risk of a decline in kidney function. The National Nurses’ Health Study released information that a higher dietary sodium intake was associated with greater kidney function decline. A study conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston concludes an association between two or more servings per day of artificially sweetened soda and a two fold increased risk of faster kidney function decline. Researchers did not find a connection between sugar-sweetened beverages and kidney function decline.


So what does this mean? Do I need to eliminate diet soda from my diet? It is important to look at the bigger picture. You have to weigh your diet soda consumption in the context of your entire diet and the rest of your lifestyle. Is a diet soda an indulgence or is it a companion to your morning Oreos? Everything in moderation is a good motto. As mentioned above research is showing a link (yet to be determined how strong) between diet soda and reduced kidney function, so below are the facts of what is at stake.


Your Kidneys: What do they do?


Remove waste products from the body

Remove drugs from the body

Balance the body’s fluids

Regulates the body’s salt, potassium and acid content

Release hormones that regulate blood pressure

Controls the production of red blood cells

Produces an active form of vitamin D that promotes strong, healthy bones

 

Assortment of Kidney Stones

Lithotrispy

Cystoscopy

Interventions