Tips For Kidney Congratulations

Jakarta, many kidney patients who do not feel any complaints. Next thing you know when the kidney was examined clinically problematic. Find out the characteristics of kidney disease to kidney function remains safe.

There have been many cases around us how difficult organ to treat kidney disease if one is already so blood. Dialysis is the only way to survive if the patient's kidneys are not functioning.

"In some of symptomatic kidney disease and some are not symptomatic," said dr. Dante Saksono, SpPD, PhD, from Cipto Mangunkusumo detikHealth when contacted on Monday (8/3/2010).

In Indonesia, said Dr. Dante, recently complained that patients with chronic kidney disease is increasing. This should be avoided if the patient has to know the symptoms previously induced early so it can be handled.

Symptoms of kidney disease can be viewed according to renal function itself. The main function of the kidney is a filter system and excretion, acid-base regulator in the blood, regulating blood pressure, and stimulates production of red blood cells.

If the disturbed functions can be seen from the symptoms:

1. Urine issued less than usual
2. Blood becomes more acidic
3. High blood pressure (hypertension)
4. Hemoglobin (Hb) lower
5. Less blood (anemia)
6. Easily tired
7. The body often feels pain, cramps, no appetite, difficulty sleeping.
8. Such as fluid retention in the legs and face that looks like a swollen or
9. Draining the fluid with sunken eyes, dry mouth, almost no mucus in the mouth.

But for others it had no symptoms of kidney disease. This newly identified disease after laboratory tests, namely through urine tests and creatinine or dirt can be removed by the kidneys are functioning properly.

Damage to the kidneys more often caused because there are other chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney infections, congenital kidney, and kidney stones.

The following tips are given to Dr. Dante kidneys stay healthy:

1. Enough water consumption
2. Avoid consumption of random drug
3. Cut the herbs that have not been tested clinically
4. Avoid excessive consumption of supplements such as Vitamin C a maximum of 4 grams a day
5. Regular exercise
6. Maintaining body weight because obesity can lead to kidney
7. Take control on a regular basis, especially for patients who have diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, because they will be at higher risk of kidney damage.

Someone can do a medical check up to see if he was vulnerable and had signs of disease or may be affected kidney.

Laboratory tests on the urine can be hard to know whether or not a person suffered kidney disease. Urine will appear normal if the cause is lack of blood flow to the kidneys. But if the urine contains blood that means there are abnormalities in the kidneys.

Sometimes the urine protein is also found in normal conditions when there is no protein in the urine. Urea and creatinine conditions would seem high if the kidneys are impaired.