August 8, 2007
Kidney Problems: Part 2
The kidneys have tiny little blood vessels and tubes which work as the filters for the blood stream. When someone has high blood pressure, those little blood vessels can be damaged and not work properly.
When someone has diabetes, the excess glucose, or blood sugar, stays in the blood stream and can act like a poison to the rest of the body. This extra blood sugar can then damage the filtering mechanisms inside the kidneys. This condition is known as Diabetic Nephropathy.
There are other things that can cause health problems with the kidneys too, and these can include an injury, poison, or certain prescription and over the counter pain medications.
Combining acetaminophen and aspirin, aleve, or ibuprofen, for instance, can cause kidney disease and failure when taken over long periods of time or in high doses.
Chronic kidney diseases can also come from having chronic kidney infections and stones which injure the kidney tissues.
Caring for your body in general is important, but the kidneys are an especially important organ to keep healthy. Without their filtering functionality, the body cannot live.
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