Kidney failure: signs and natural remedies

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Extract from the article: When the kidneys do not function properly, the body is gradually poisoned by waste that is no longer eliminated. In the case of chronic kidney failure, the kidney damage is progressive, hence the need to act as quickly as possible. The symptoms appea

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When the kidneys do not function properly, the body is gradually poisoned by waste that is no longer eliminated. In the case of chronic kidney failure, the kidney damage is progressive, hence the need to act as quickly as possible. The symptoms appear late after the onset of the disease because of the efficiency of the kidneys.

The main role of the kidneys is to filter the blood to regulate the amount of water and eliminate waste products through urine. These wastes are substances that are found in the body and, if present in too large quantities, become toxic. The kidneys are therefore responsible for eliminating them as they go along.

What is chronic kidney disease?

Chronic renal failure is a deterioration of the kidneys and particularly of their capacity to filter blood.  Kidney failure can be acute or chronic. Acute kidney function loss occurs over a period of hours to days, but with a high potential for recovery depending on the origin of the disease. In contrast, chronic kidney disease is a much more extensive process that worsens inexorably over time. The recovery potential is often much lower.

Warning signs

Symptoms appear late after the onset of the disease because of the efficiency of the kidneys. This is because the kidneys can increase their output by up to twice what is normally required. So when some parts of the kidney are no longer efficient, others can compensate and mask the problem. « Chronic kidney disease is a silent killer. It usually progresses so slowly that signs are often not visible for several years. These signs will most often appear when the problem is advanced, often when 70% or 80% of the kidneys' capacity is reduced », explains Dr Hassane Traoré, a nephrologist at the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital in Burkina Faso.

The signs, when they appear, are not very specific. These signs include chronic fatigue, daytime drowsiness, sleep or appetite problems, swollen feet, vomiting, decreased or increased urination.

« The accumulation of waste products in the body during chronic renal failure and the failure to produce certain substances weakens the body and exposes it to complications that are very disabling, such as high blood pressure, anaemia, and heart and blood vessel disease », says Dr Hassane Traoré, a nephrologist.  Confirmation of the disease is based on laboratory tests and medical imaging.

Prevention

To prevent kidney failure, here is a recipe suggested by Kpônou Tobossi, Specialist in food hygiene and quality, Dietotherapist.

Recipe: 03 large onions (the size of an orange), 01 bunch of parsley (with roots if possible) 01 L of drinking water. Cut each onion into 4 parts, add the litre of water and bring to the boil for ten minutes. Just after the ten minutes, pour all the parsley already well washed and cut into the water and the onions on the fire. Mix well and leave on the fire for another five minutes before removing from the fire. Let the mixture infuse for 15 minutes before straining.

Dosage: 01 glass-bamboo or 1/4 litre of the herbal tea + juice of 01 lime, mix and drink at noon and evening shortly before meals and then drink the 3rd glass shortly before going to bed. Repeat the same procedure every day for at least 06-08 weeks and judge. This is just a prevention, so 02 glasses per day and per 48 hours for 01 month is enough. You will have to repeat it from time to time.

Raymond DZAKPATA