If you want to stay away from uremia, don’t take these 6 kidney disease misunderstandings seriously!

Uremia is the outcome that many kidney disease patients are most reluctant to face. In the process of kidney disease prevention and treatment, there are some common misunderstandings. If you do not pay attention to them, the condition may gradually develop into uremia. The following is a detailed list of these six misunderstandings.

1. Thinking that kidney disease does not require treatment if it is asymptomatic. Many kidney diseases may not have obvious symptoms in the early stages, but this does not mean that the kidneys are not damaged. For example, in latent glomerulonephritis, patients often do not feel any discomfort, but the lesions inside the kidneys are quietly progressing. Once ignored, the condition may worsen.

2. Drug abuse. Some people think that some drugs can "tonify the kidneys" and take them on their own, but they don't know that many drugs are nephrotoxic. For example, some Chinese medicines with unknown ingredients, antibiotics, etc., taken at will may damage the kidneys and aggravate kidney disease.

3. Ignoring abnormal physical examination indicators. If urine protein, occult blood, or elevated creatinine are found in urine routine and renal function tests, you should seek medical attention for further examination. Many people think that a single abnormal indicator is okay, thus missing the best time for early treatment.

4. Over-trust in health supplements. There are many health supplements on the market that claim to be able to treat kidney disease. But in fact, most health supplements not only cannot treat kidney disease, but some may also increase the burden on the kidneys due to the unknown ingredients they contain.

5. Failure to control underlying diseases. Hypertension and diabetes are important factors that cause kidney disease. If blood pressure and blood sugar are not actively controlled and allowed to remain at high levels for a long time, the kidneys will continue to be damaged and may eventually develop into uremia.

6. Thinking that there is no need to control diet after dialysis. If dialysis patients do not control their diet and take in too much water, salt, potassium, etc., it will increase the burden on the kidneys and heart, affect the dialysis effect, and accelerate the deterioration of the disease.