What is nephritis? What's wrong with your kidney?

Nephritis is a disease that seriously affects the health of patients. Viral infection, adverse environment and decreased body immunity may all cause nephritis. Therefore, we should also pay attention to understanding these causes and treat them fundamentally.

1. Infection

Infection is one of the causes of kidney disease. Infections such as pharyngitis and tonsillitis can cause kidney disease. Colds are the most common infection that causes and aggravates kidney disease.

2. Environment

Harsh external environmental factors such as wind, cold, humidity, etc. will cause the body's own immune function and disease resistance to decline.

3. Overwork

Excessive fatigue will reduce the body's immunity, which will cause kidney disease in the long run.

4. Long-term urine retention

Holding urine for a long time can not only easily cause bladder damage, but the urine retained in the bladder for a long time can also easily cause bacterial growth. Once it flows back into the ureter and kidneys, the toxic substances in it will cause kidney infection, thereby causing urinary tract infection, kidney disease and even uremia.

5. Abuse of drugs

Kidney disease caused by drug abuse is common. Many cold medicines, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, weight loss pills and Chinese herbal medicines are nephrotoxic. These drugs are very common and widely used. Citizens who lack medical knowledge are often prone to danger when self-medicating. Obese people are prone to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. If these chronic diseases are not well controlled, they can easily damage the kidneys in the long run and indirectly cause kidney disease.

6. Too much salt

It may cause kidney disease. The main component of salt is sodium chloride. Sodium is an essential mineral nutrient for the human body. Chlorine plays a certain role in the production of gastric acid and maintaining the osmotic pressure of human blood. However, too high a sodium content in table salt can cause water accumulation in the body and edema. It can also increase blood volume and arteriolar tension, leading to increased blood pressure. Therefore, people who consume a high amount of salt have a high incidence of hypertension. Hypertension is very likely to be complicated by kidney disease.