Dr. CKII Le Thi Dan Thuy - Head of the Department of Blood and kidney filtration - Endocrinology, Binh Dan Hospital has provided advice on bad habits that affect kidney function.
The diet high in salt and unhealthy consumes too much salt (sodium) is the leading cause of kidney damage.
The diet high in salt makes the kidneys overloaded to filter and eliminate excess sodium, causing long -term harm.Young people often eat a lot of fast food, processed foods (instant noodles, sausages, boxes) and snacks, and the use of lots of spices, increasing the amount of sodium loaded into the body.
Drinking not enough water to help the kidneys filter and remove waste.
Lack of water increases the concentration of toxic substances in the blood, causing the kidneys to work in difficult conditions, easily causing kidney stones, reducing dialysis and kidney damage.Many young people use soft drinks, milk tea, coffee instead of filtered water, ineffective and also increase the burden on the kidneys.
Abuse of painkillers and functional foods of unknown origin of arbitrary use of painkillers, anti -inflammatory steroids (NSAIDs) such as Ibuprofen, Naproxen ...
regularly or overdose can directly harm the kidneys.Similarly, many functional foods of unknown origin may contain toxic substances.Young people often buy painkillers on their own headaches, muscle pain or dysmenorrhea, and use muscle laminants, weight loss of unknown origin.
Regularly fasting urine causes urine to be retained for a long time, facilitating bacteria to grow, easily causing urinary tract infections.
Bacteria can go to the kidneys, causing nephritis, pyelonephritis and impaired renal function.Office workers, students, and students often suffer from this habit.
Staying up late and stressing modern lifestyle with pressure and habit of "night owl" wearing the health of the kidneys.
At night is the time for the kidneys to repair and recover.Staying up late in disrupting this process.Stress increases blood pressure and negatively affects the kidney function.Late sleep habits to work, study, surf social networks or watch popular movies among young people.
To protect kidney health, young people need to change harmful habits.A healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet, drinking enough water, reasonable exercise and periodic health examination is a "golden key" for healthy kidneys.
