If you don’t give up these bad habits, you will get kidney disease sooner or later.

　　male Kidney health requires staying away from daily bad habits >>>>>Recommended reading: Kidney disease column

　　The kidney is an important organ that secretes urine and excretes waste and toxins. It can regulate the body's electrolyte concentration and maintain acid-base balance. In order to protect the kidneys, male friends must be alert to the following "kidney-damaging" factors.

　　1. Overeating

　　Ingested food will eventually produce waste products - uric acid and urea nitrogen. Most of these wastes are excreted through the kidneys, and excessive diet will undoubtedly increase the burden on the kidneys.

　　2. Frequently holding in urine

　　Some people hold their urine for a long time because they are busy at work. Beijing Dawn Hospital Experts remind male friends that urine in the bladder for too long can easily breed bacteria, and bacteria can retrograde to the kidneys through the ureter, causing urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis. Once such infections recur, they can lead to chronic infections that are difficult to cure. Patients will not only experience symptoms such as back pain, frequent urination and urgency, but may also develop acute uremia.

　　3. Excessive drinking

　　Excessive intake of soft drinks and sports drinks can indirectly damage the kidneys. The pH in the human body is 7.2. These drinks are generally highly acidic, and the pH in the body changes significantly after drinking them. The kidneys are the main organ that regulates the pH in the human body. Long-term excessive intake of soft drinks and sports drinks will put a burden on the kidneys and increase the probability of kidney damage.

　　4. Food too salty

　　A salty diet, especially some snacks with excessive salt content, such as fried potato chips, instant noodles, etc., can cause people to unknowingly absorb excess salt, causing blood pressure to rise, and kidney blood to be unable to maintain normal flow, thus inducing kidney disease.

　　5. Drink strong tea after drinking alcohol

　　Some people think that drinking strong tea after drinking can relieve hangover. In fact, this is not only ineffective, but can also damage the kidneys. Experts from Beijing Shuguang Hospital said that theophylline in tea can quickly affect the kidneys and exert a diuretic effect. At this time, the alcohol is excreted from the kidneys before it can be decomposed again, causing the kidneys to be stimulated by a large amount of ethanol, thereby damaging kidney function.

　　6. Abuse of analgesics

　　Long-term use or high-dose use of some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as pain relievers, indomethacin, paracetamol, aspirin, etc., can easily cause kidney damage. Kidney damage can manifest as: fatigue, dry mouth, loss of appetite, frequent urination, urgency, painful urination, and even hematuria and sterile pyuria, accompanied by symptoms such as joint pain. Some can directly cause nephrotic syndrome such as acute nephritis or glomerular necrosis, and in severe cases can lead to renal failure and death.

　　7. Overdose of certain Chinese herbal medicines

　　Chinese herbal medicines that can "damage the kidneys" include: Tripterygium wilfordii, Guan Mutong, morning glory, Xanthium seed, poppy shell, Shengcaowu, Shijunzi, Qingmuxiang, Guangdongji, etc. Among them, Tripterygium wilfordii causes the greatest kidney damage, followed by Guanmutong. The reason why Guan Akebia hurts the kidneys is that it contains the nephrotoxic substance aristolochic acid.