A medical doctor and health influencer, Dr Olusina Mike, has listed top 10 destroyers of the kidney.
The health influencer, on his X handle, @the_beardedsina, elaborated on how to take care of the kidney, listing habits that could damage people’s kidneys.
“The kidneys make your urine and help to produce blood and more,” the expert said.
According to him, here top kidney destroyers:
1. High blood pressure
High Blood pressure remains tops of kidney destroyers.
Shocking thing is high blood pressure also destroys the brain, heart, and many organs.
So many people have high blood pressure and have never checked. High BP a silent destroyer.
2. Diabetes
Awareness around Diabetes is reaching an all time high. Anyone can have High blood sugar.
The same way the blood sugar damages the kidneys, it affects the brain, eyes, the heart, and more organs slowly.
3. Abuse of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)like Diclofenac, Ibuprofen
These are common on-the-counter drugs that are commonly abused. As they act for pain. They also aren’t kidney friendly.
A little tit bit is these drugs also have effect on the brain and heart.
4. Use of herbal concotions
Roadside herbs are probably the cheapest drinks available to destroy the kidneys.
A lot of them contain undetermined and adulterated ingredients which are known not to be kidney friendly.
5. Bleaching creams
You’d agree there’s a pandemic of bleaching.
Many of these unregistered creams could contain heavy metals which gets into the blood after use.
Guess the organ that suffers? Yes, the kidneys. Of course more suffer too
6. Alcohol
Is there any health thread alcohol won’t feature in?
Alcohol comes in again. Alcohol is heavily marketed as that drink to make you feel good.
But the labels won’t tell you how dangerous it is to the kidneys, liver, brain, heart and more.
7. Smoking
Smoking is one of the unhealthiest habits.
A huge amount of smoke contains unhealthy toxic materials that are unsafe for a lot of organs, the Kidneys inclusive.
Symptoms of Kidney damage
Never wait for symptoms of kidney damage;
Here are, however, some of the symptoms of Kidney damage:
-NO SYMPTOMS (Early)
– Reduced / plenty urine-Persistent bubbly frothy urine-Leg swelling-Hiccups-Weakness -Vomiting -Loss of appetite -In severe cases seizures, vomiting blood and more
Statistics
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 10% of the world’s population has chronic kidney disease (CKD), and millions die each year due to lack of access to affordable treatment.
CKD is a progressive condition that is a leading cause of death globally. It is more prevalent in older people, women, racial minorities, and people with diabetes or hypertension.
CKD is also disproportionately affected in certain regions, including Latin America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Mortality
The Pan American Health Organisation on its website noted that kidney diseases are ranked as the 8th cause of mortality, the 10th cause of years of life lost, and the 10th cause of disability-adjusted life years in both sexes combined, and one of the causes with the highest rate of increase in the region (America).
In 2019, regionwide kidney diseases account for: 254,028 total deaths, 131,008 deaths in men, and 123,020 deaths in women. The age-standardised death rate due to kidney diseases was estimated at 15.6 deaths per 100,000 population.
Age-standardised deaths rates from kidney diseases vary across countries from a high in Nicaragua (73.9 deaths per 100,000 population) to a low in Canada (5.0 deaths per 100,000 population).
For most countries, death rates from kidney diseases are higher in men than women.
The countries with the highest age-standardised death rates due to kidney diseases are:
Nicaragua, El Salvador, Bolivia, Guatemala, Suriname, Honduras, and Ecuador.
In 2019, kidney diseases account for: 5.2 million years of life lost, equivalent to 518.1 years per 100,000 population. The absolute number of YLL due to premature death increased 73% from 3.0 million years in 2000.
The age-standardised YLL rates slightly increased in that period, from 373.4 years per 100,000 population in 2000 to 418.7 years per 100,000 population in 2019.
