7 tips to take care of your kidney

This March 10 is commemorating the World Kidney Day , body that is responsible for filtering and detoxifying the body, through urine. However, sometimes this correct area of ​​the body is not given correct attention, since the health of the kidney it is diminished with the excessive consumption of fats , smoke and for having overweight or obesity , what can detonate in kidney cancer .

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the director of Grupo Uroclinic, Carlos Sánchez Moreno, It explains the characteristics and diagnosis of real cancer:

At a press conference, the doctor Juan Alejandro Silva , chief of oncology National Medical Center Siglo XXI , said that the kidney cancer It affects 3% of Mexicans: "It is more common in men, for every 2, 1 woman suffers and occurs in people over 50 years."

Oncologist Silva, clarified that the kidney cancer it does not generate symptoms; When there is pain, it is because the tumor is in very advanced stages, so the key is prevention, through a ultrasound and the annual check-up, to verify that all your organs are healthy.

In this sense Alejandro Silva, gave some recommendations for you to take care of and protect your kidney:

1. Lose weight . Ideally, you should take a balanced diet and keep your normal weight. If you are a man, your waist should measure less than 90 centimeters and if you are a woman, less than 80
2. Stop smoking
3. Have an active life, that is, practice any sport regularly
4. Decrease your intake of sodium
5. Consume analgesics , only with medical prescription, since the excess of these, damages your health
6. See your doctor if you feel constant pain on one side of your body
7. An alert is that when urinating, blood

The head of oncology of the National Medical Center Siglo XXI, said that it is common for kidney tumors to be greater than 12 centimeters; It tends to infect other areas of the body, such as the lung, bones, lymph nodes, brain, liver, among others, which generates a metastasis in the body:

"The message is clear. What we should bet on is prevention; is a Cancer that every day becomes stronger. We annually operate 100 patients in the hospital and 30% of them arrive at critical stages ".
 


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