Warning signs of kidney disease

There are many ways to prevent ourself from getting kidney disease or kidney stone as the saying goes prevention is better than cure. Take more fruits and vegetable in your daily diets, eat more fibre and reduce the consumtions of salt, sugar and fats. Have regular exercise.

If you are a smokers, stop smoking now as smoking damages our blood vessels wall which can lead to atherosclerosis and ischemia of the kidney. If you are diabetes patients and family history of kidney disease should have a regular blood and urine test to monitor their kidney status.

The warning signs of kidney disease are pain or burning sensation when passing urine. You will wake up very often at night to the toilet for urinations. Notice blood in the urine, swelling of ankles or around our eyes. Pain at our lower back or under the ribs and sometimes radiating to the groin and lastly sign of having high blood pressure.