Most of the peoples who have kidney diseases might be thinking, what causes kidney disease and what all are the possible treatments and remedies for kidney disease? In this article, you could have an insight into the factors causing kidney disease and some of the preventive measures.
What causes kidney disease?
A Recent survey done on peoples having kidney disease shows that 50% of the diseases are caused due to diabetics. 25% of the diseases are caused by high blood pressure (hypertension) and the rest 25% is caused by various other factors.
These statistics show that about 75% of the kidney diseases are results of our daily routine itself. Factors like our unhealthy lifestyle, unbalanced diet, and fast food habits are a major cause of health issues like diabetes and blood pressure. This eventually will lead to kidney disease.
Since these diseases causing factors are decided by ourselves, we are the one responsible for the disease occurrence and we can also be a mean for its prevention if we will.
Disease by birth or hereditary factors can also lead to kidney disease.
Apart from the lifestyle habits, factors like disease conditions during childhood like tonsillitis, karappan, chronic diarrhea and acute vomiting can also lead to kidney disorders.
Some of the other factors which cause kidney diseases are high blood pressure, fire burns, infection in the urine, Urinary Obstruction, bladder stone, continuous usage of antibiotics or painkiller tablets, cholesterol, smoking, consumption of alcohol and overweight.
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Blood pressure and diabetics lead to kidney diseases
High blood pressure is found in about 80% of the peoples who have kidney related diseases.
In a case of both kidney disease and blood pressure together infects a person, the disease condition goes to a worse condition. In such conditions, we should take immediate precautions to lower the blood pressure.
Even though we regularly take medicines for blood pressure, the fact is we don’t take it seriously to do regular check-ups to lower the blood pressure to a normal line.
Diabetics are also having a major role in contributing the cause for kidney disease. Most peoples adopt the same approach to treatment as above said for blood pressure, they regularly take medicines for diabetics but won’t do regular checkups to ensure that sugar level is in the normal line.
This practices of facing diabetics and blood pressure need a change.
Prevent blood pressure and diabetics
Now we know both blood pressure and diabetics are a major cause of kidney diseases. Before the conditions go worse we should adopt proper preventive measures. Just having regular medicines won’t work alone. we should take periodical checkups to ensure the pressure and sugar levels are normal.
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There is a misconception among peoples that, having medicines for blood pressure and diabetes can lead to kidney problems. Even though there are side effects for their excess use. It’s always good practice to have medicines at the correct time. We shouldn’t forget the fact blood pressure and diabetics is a disease for which we should take medicines lifelong.