Kidneys

Kidneys are the essential organs in the body which plays a significant role in improving the body’s overall health. Some of the functions of the kidney include;

• It regulates the quantity of plasma in the body to ensure there is a good flow of blood to the internal organs.

• It controls the level of PH in the body and also helps in the excretion of waste from the body. This means that if the kidney is unable to perform all these functions, then the body will have severe issues and the condition that affects the kidney in this way is referred to as kidney failure.

 What Is Kidney Failure?

Kidney failure is the state where the kidney fails to entirely function, and one can only survive by having a kidney transplant or by undergoing dialysis.

Causes of Kidney Failure

 

Some of the common causes of kidney failure include;

• Lack of enough blood flow

Kidneys just like other organs in the body require enough supply of the blood so they can function well. Therefore, a reduced amount of blood leads to overworking of the kidneys whereby they end up collapsing. In most cases, lack of enough supply of blood to the kidneys occurs as a result of heart disease. As we all know the heart is responsible for pumping and supplying blood to all the body parts including the internal organs.

Therefore if the heart fails to function as required, this leads to the reduced amount of blood flow to the kidney. Some of the diseases that cause the heart failure include hypertension, obesity where the extra fats get stored around the heart thus reducing the functioning of the heart by blocking blood and oxygen flow. Stroke and heart attack are other heart diseases.

• Dehydration

The kidneys require adequate fluid to facilitate the removal of the waste products and also this ensures there is enough plasma regulated without forgetting that the fluid helps in controlling the PH in the kidneys. So if there is no supply of water to the kidney, it causes the waste to accumulate around the kidney thus causing it to fail from functioning well.

Keep in mind that the kidney needs to be on continuous functioning in eliminating all the wastes from the body. Failure to reduce the waste leads to it accumulating around the organs thus causing kidney stones. So, water is quite crucial in ensuring that there is continued excretion of waste from the body.

• Lack of urinating

If the kidney is functioning well, there is continues excretion of waste which is mainly done in the form of urine. So, if you go for long without urinating, the toxin in the body gets piled up around the kidney thus preventing it from functioning well. If the kidney is unable to work as required, it ends up failing.

• Drug abuse

Drugs are other causes of kidney failure with the common ones being alcohol and smoking. Alcohol affects the ability of the kidney to filter the transported blood. This in return results in high blood pressure thus causing the kidney to fail in its normal functioning.…

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