Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Keep Your Kidneys Healthy!

The following strategies can help keep acute kidney injury and other risks to your kidneys at bay. Common-sense steps that shield against heart disease, diabetes, and other major health risks can safeguard your kidneys, too.
  • Get some exercise regularly.
  • Reduce your consumption of high sodium foods; take in at the most one thousand five hundred milligrams of sodium each day.
  • Keep a healthy weight.
  • If you've got high cholesterol or diabetes, take all medicines as advised.
  • Don't smoke cigarettes.
  • Get your blood pressure tested regularly. If you are administered blood pressure–lowering medications, take them as instructed.
  • Speak with your physician about your usage of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen (Advil) and naproxen (Aleve).
  • Consume alcohol only in moderate amounts or not at all.
  • Visit your physician for routine physical exams.

metropolitan urological specialistsMetropolitan Urological Specialists hopes that you recognize the necessity of healthy kidneys. If you feel you are having kidney-related trouble, visit one of their offices in St. Louis, Washington, or Florissant, MO.

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