Keeping your kidneys healthy
Keeping your kidneys healthyWard off kidney disease
Diabetes and high blood pressure are two of the leading causes of kidney disease. If you have diabetes, you can reduce your risk of kidney damage by managing your blood sugar levels. If you have high blood pressure, you can help protect your kidneys by getting your blood pressure to a healthy level. There is much you can do to help manage these two conditions or, in some cases, to prevent them. By doing so, you ll benefit your overalpatagonia better sweater pillingl health not just your kidney function.
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While you may not be able to completely protect your kidneys from the effects of diabetes, the following steps will help your kidneys stay as healthy as possible:
Keep your blood sugar levels at your target with the help of your doctor, diabetes educator, or pharmacist.
Ask your doctor about regular urine and blood tests to monitor your kidney function.
Check your blood pressure regularly your doctor can advise you on your patagonia trail running shoes reviewtarget blood pressure and how often to check.
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High blood pressure and your kidneys
The compatagonia guide jacket in a bag3plications of high blood pressure are serious. You may be aware that high blood pressure capatagonia guide jacket in a bag1n lead to a stroke or heart attack, but did you know that it could also cause kidney damage? If you already have kidney disease, maintaining a healthy control of your blood pressure can help protect your kidneys.
What can you do to help control your blood pressure?
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Monitor your blood pressure regularly as recommended by your doctor. Many pharmacies sell blood pressure monitors that you can easily use at home. If you discover your blood pressure is higher than it should be, speak to your doctor. You may need to adopt sompatagonia everlong review hondae lifespatagonia everlong review iphonetyle changes (see below) or take a medicatpatagonia everlong review nexusion (or combination of medications) to help lower your blood pressure.
Reduce the amount of alcohol that you dpatagonia everlong review z nationrink.
Try to quit smoking.
Ward off kidney stones
Passing a kidney stone can be an extremely painful experience. And aside from the pain, kidney stones also pose a risk of kidney damage and urinpatagonia guide jacket in a bagary tract infection.
One in 10 Canadians will experience a kidney stone during their lifetime. Kidney stones are usually made of a substance called calcium oxalate, but the stones may also be made of uric acid or cystine. Once you have developed a stone, your options are:
to pass the stone when you urinate
to have it surgically removed
to have it dissolved with medication
to hapatagonia guide pants 80sve it broken up through a special procedure using high energy shock waves (extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy, or ESWL)
