Kidney problems affect many people, often from childhood. The kidneys are even organs shaped like bean grains. Their function is to produce urine, as well as to filter blood. Each disorder in the work of the kidneys gives reflection in the functioning of the whole body, which affects our overall well-being.

According to Chinese medicine, the whole energy of our lives is accumulated in the kidneys. Every health problem that affects us is usually caused by irregularities in the work of this organ.

Kidney Functions

The kidneys have three main functions:

• excretory
• regulatory
• endocrine

The excretory function of the kidneys is to remove protein metabolism products from the body - urea, creatinine and uric acid, as well as foreign substances that are harmful or toxic to our body, such as medicines.

The kidneys' regulatory function is to maintain the body's balance, i.e. to maintain the right acid-base proportions in the body's water management. In turn, endocrine activity involves the secretion of enzymes.

Symptoms of kidney disease - how to recognize kidney problems

Kidney diseases are quite problematic for early diagnosis because patients usually do not experience any discomfort associated with the disease, and the first symptoms appear only at an advanced stage. Usually, the diagnosis of the disease occurs too late and treatment of the causes is inefficient or impossible. In this case, you can only fight the effects of the disease, alleviate them. That is why it is so important to thoroughly look for the causes of our malaise and check whether it is caused by kidney problems.

The simplest signs of kidney dysfunction and warning signs are changes in the appearance, color, or transparency of urine. Also odor changes - an intense aroma of ammonia perceptible, can signal a disease.

In addition, the signs of kidney disease include:

• Pain in the lumbar region
• Swelling around the eyes
• Swelling of the hands and feet
• Pain when passing urine
• Pollakisuria
• Lack of appetite
• Nervousness or apathy
• Somnolence
• Headaches
• High blood pressure

If we have observed any of the symptoms listed above, it is a signal that our kidneys are probably not working properly.

The most common kidney disease

The most common kidney diseases include:

• Glomerulonephritis - chronic or acute
• Pyelonephritis
• Toxic kidney damage
• Uraemia
• Cystic kidney disease
• Kidney failure
• Kidney cancer

Problems with the functioning of the kidneys are also diseases of the urinary tract, i.e.:

• Nephrolithiasis
• Inflammation of the urethra and cystitis
• Inflammation of the renal pelvis

Healthy kidneys are an essential element that helps maintain good health and great shape. Any disorder of their work causes dysfunction of other organs, and hence the slow weakening of the whole organism. Kidney problems are the cause of various infections in the body, caused by a decrease in immunity, the accumulation of which reduces the chances of complete recovery. Therefore, you should start to fight the causes of the disease, look at the sources.

The cause of kidney disease may be systemic mycosis due to the accumulation of Candida. Systemic mycosis also has similar symptoms to kidney disease, so it's easy to deduce that these diseases can be related to each other. To determine the exact cause of our health problems, you need to do a stress test to help you make an accurate diagnosis.