Human body is a cluster of wonderful organ systems. One of the complex yet amazing organ system among these organs are the kidneys. They are the flag bearers of Blood Purification System. Human beings are blessed with two kidneys. Even though kidneys do weigh less than 0.5 percent of the total body weight, they utilise around 25% of the blood pumped by the Heart. The functional unit of the kidney is the 'Nephron'. Each kidney do contain around one million Nephrons. They are akin to the Chip of a computer. Therefore, both kidneys contain around two million such Nephrons, which carry out the task of blood purification. If the nephrons in both the kidneys are retrieved and arranged hypothetically end to end, they stretch to a distance of around sixteen kilometers!
Kidneys are the mighty organs which filter the blood wholly for four hundred times in a day. Kidneys excrete around 0.1 percent of such filtered blood volume as Urine. They are designed not only to filter the blood but are entrusted with other diverse biological functions. One of such functions is the production of Erythropietin, an essential substance which acts like a trigger in the production of Red Blood Cells from the bone marrow. Another important function of kidney is the generation of Vitamin D. Therefore, some patients of kidney failure are prone for bone problems due to the blunting of this Vitamin D production.
Further, kidneys play a pivotal role in regulating Blood Pressure. Kidneys secrete 'Renin' which in turn tightly regulates Blood Pressure. Kidneys are virtually the Command Center for blood pressure regulation. But even such spectacularly designed kidneys are prone for various malfunctions. The most common reasons for kidney failure are long standing and uncontrolled diabetes, long duration High Blood Pressure, Pain Killers and Environmental Toxins such as Flourosis.
Like any other health issue, Prevention is the ultimate cure for kidney failure. Such preventive strategies include tight control of Blood Sugar in diabetics, optimum control of High Blood Pressure and avoidance of the indiscriminate use of pain killers. Always remember that kidney diseases are very preventable if the efforts for positive health such as regular exercise, limiting calorie dense diet along with regular monitoring of Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure should be enforced by all of us..!
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Kidneys are the mighty organs which filter the blood wholly for four hundred times in a day. Kidneys excrete around 0.1 percent of such filtered blood volume as Urine. They are designed not only to filter the blood but are entrusted with other diverse biological functions. One of such functions is the production of Erythropietin, an essential substance which acts like a trigger in the production of Red Blood Cells from the bone marrow. Another important function of kidney is the generation of Vitamin D. Therefore, some patients of kidney failure are prone for bone problems due to the blunting of this Vitamin D production.
Further, kidneys play a pivotal role in regulating Blood Pressure. Kidneys secrete 'Renin' which in turn tightly regulates Blood Pressure. Kidneys are virtually the Command Center for blood pressure regulation. But even such spectacularly designed kidneys are prone for various malfunctions. The most common reasons for kidney failure are long standing and uncontrolled diabetes, long duration High Blood Pressure, Pain Killers and Environmental Toxins such as Flourosis.
Like any other health issue, Prevention is the ultimate cure for kidney failure. Such preventive strategies include tight control of Blood Sugar in diabetics, optimum control of High Blood Pressure and avoidance of the indiscriminate use of pain killers. Always remember that kidney diseases are very preventable if the efforts for positive health such as regular exercise, limiting calorie dense diet along with regular monitoring of Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure should be enforced by all of us..!
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