5 major symptoms that indicate kidney disease
The kidney is a very important organ in the human body, because the kidney is responsible for human urine and the function of absorbing water taken in by the human body.
The kidneys can be said to be the hard-working cleaners who detoxify and clean the human body. If a person’s kidneys have problems, the body will be accumulated by various toxins and garbage and become ill.
If the human body is compared to a running company, the kidneys are definitely the good employees who work silently and without complaint.
Two fist-sized kidneys filter and clean 200 liters of blood every day, which is equivalent to 10 barrels of drinking water! Moreover, the kidneys also have the characteristic of “not getting out of the line of fire even if they are slightly injured.”
The kidneys not only have a huge compensatory function, but the symptoms after the disease occurs are often very hidden, so that they are ignored by many patients. When the disease worsens to the end stage, it becomes extremely painful.
However, there are still some clues that your kidneys need to be “overhauled”. Don’t ignore these distress signals sent by the kidneys: 1. Changes in urine output. Normal people urinate 1000-2000 ml every day, with an average of 1500 ml, regardless of whether the urine output becomes more or less. , all may be manifestations of kidney disease.
In particular, normal people rarely urinate at night. If you find that you have to get up several times during the night and do not drink much water before going to bed, you should be more vigilant about kidney disease .
2. Changes in urine properties: Normal people’s urine color is transparent and light yellow. If you drink less water or urinate for the first time in the morning, the color will be slightly darker.If the urine is red or there is a lot of foam in the urine, you should pay attention to a nephrology examination.
3. Edema The kidneys are the organs that metabolize water in the human body. If the kidneys are not good, water will accumulate.
Some people wake up in the morning and find that their eyelids are swollen, or their feet and legs are swollen, so they should consider kidney problems.
4. Nausea, vomiting and other gastrointestinal symptoms. When kidney disease develops to the end stage, it will affect the gastrointestinal function and lead to nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and other symptoms. Therefore, if you have these symptoms, in addition to seeing a gastroenterologist, you must also pay attention to rule out kidney disease. .
5. Skin itching In patients with end-stage kidney disease, the urea in the body cannot be excreted through urine and will be excreted through the skin , thus irritating the skin; in addition, the toxins accumulated in the body can cause peripheral neuropathy and also cause skin itching .
Some signs of kidney disease occur in the early stages, and some are already late symptoms. Therefore, it is not possible to judge whether your kidneys are healthy by relying on symptoms alone.
“We must pay attention to physical examination, especially the elderly and high-risk groups with diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and abnormal blood uric acid.
