Contents:
- Medical Video: Symptoms of Kidney Disease
- Characteristics of lumbago due to kidney
- Other symptoms that indicate kidney disease besides back pain
- Apply a healthy lifestyle to maintain kidney health
- Drink enough water
- Exercise regularly
- Quit smoking
- Avoid eating salty food
Medical Video: Symptoms of Kidney Disease
Many people think lumbago is the same as kidney disease. In fact, not all back pain is caused by a problematic kidney. For that, let's recognize the characteristics of back pain because the kidneys don't misinterpret it.
Characteristics of lumbago due to kidney
Lower back pain alias low back pain, which is actually pain in the lower back, being one of the most commonly used conditions for kidney disease. In fact, not all lumbago marks a problem with your kidneys.
The kidneys are located in the upper abdomen on the right and left side of the body, as opposed to the back muscles. When the kidney has a problem, one of the symptoms is a back pain. Usually, low back pain caused by the kidneys is located in the lower back, precisely between the lowest ribs and the buttocks.
This pain usually attacks one side of the body but it is not impossible to occur on both sides. This pain often develops down the pelvis, groin, or to the abdominal area.
Reporting from Kompas, Dr. Dr. Nur Rasyid, Sp. U., a Urology Specialist at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, stated that one easy way to recognize the characteristics of lumbago is kidney pain, which is not lost even if you change your position. In fact, normal back pain generally will improve and decrease when you sit or lie down.
In addition, normal back pain will generally reduce pain if massaged. While back pain because the kidneys will actually be more painful if pressed or massaged.
Other symptoms that indicate kidney disease besides back pain
In addition to back pain, another way to recognize kidney disease is to pay attention to various other symptoms that arise. As for some common symptoms that usually appear, namely:
- Fever and chills
- Loss of appetite.
- Dizziness or headache.
- Nausea and vomiting.
- The color of urine looks more cloudy or even mixed with blood.
- Urine smells bad.
- Having anemia.
- Fatigue is quite severe.
- Itching or rash on the skin.
- Urination is more often or less frequently than usual.
- Pain when urinating.
Low back pain due to kidney disease is usually caused due to urinary tract infections or kidney stones. To know for sure your health condition, you should consult a doctor and do an ultrasonography (USG) procedure. Through ultrasound, the kidney condition will be clearly seen. If your kidney turns out to be problematic then you will be advised to do a urine test to see what type of disease you are experiencing.
Apply a healthy lifestyle to maintain kidney health
The kidneys have a lot of important tasks from filtering the body's waste to producing various hormones that are needed. Because of its very important duties, you need to maintain kidney health. The trick is to change an unhealthy lifestyle to be healthier. The following are various habits that must be applied so that the kidneys stay healthy:
Drink enough water
To maintain kidney health, start by drinking enough water. Drinking water which is enough to help optimize the function of the most important part of the kidney, which is removing toxins in the body. Try to drink at least eight glasses of water per day.
Exercise regularly
Weight gain and hypertension are included in the risk factors for kidney disease. To prevent these two conditions, you should exercise regularly so that your body and kidneys stay healthy. However, do not do it excessively because it can suppress your kidney function.
Quit smoking
Smoking damages blood vessels, which means it can reduce blood flow in the kidneys. When the kidneys are not supplied with sufficient blood flow it is very difficult to work optimally. Therefore, stop smoking now for the sake of a kidney and a healthier body.
Avoid eating salty food
Did you know, salty food can disrupt the balance of minerals in the blood. If left unchecked, this can make the kidneys work harder to eventually interfere with their normal functioning as a whole. Therefore, replace foods high in salt with healthier foods such as fruit, vegetables, lean meat, and nuts.
