10 Common Habits That Damage the Kidneys

Kidney disease is one of the costliest illnesses in the world and managing kidney disease is very expensive.

Each year, lots of people die of kidney disease all over the world, and the number of people suffering from chronic renal failure, and need dialysis or kidney transplantation to stay alive keep increasing.

Statistics have it that, worldwide, more than millions patients are waiting for kidney transplants, but only a few thousands will receive transplants because of shortage of suitable organ donors.

 

Patients usually felt surprised when they are diagnosed of Kidney Failure.

Experts have found the explanation from your daily life habits.
Here are the top habits which lead to your kidney failure:

1. Not emptying your bladder early:

Maintaining a full bladder for a long time is a quick way of causing bladder damage. That the urine stays in the bladder for a long time can cause the bacteria breeding in urine to multiply quickly. Once the urine refluxes back to ureter and kidneys, the bacteria can result in kidney infections, then urinary tract infection, and then nephritis, even Uremia.
So, no matter how busy you are, remember to drink a lot of water and urinate regularly. Once you form the habit of holding back urine, it will ultimately damage your kidneys.

2. Not drinking enough water:

The main functions of the kidneys are to regulate erythrocyte balances and eliminate metabolic wastes in urine. If we do not drink enough water, the blood will be concentrated and the blood flow to the kidney will not be adequate, thus the function of eliminating toxins in from blood will be impaired.

 

3. Taking too much salt:

95% sodium we consume through food is metabolized by the kidneys. Exceeding the salt intake will make the kidneys work harder to excrete the excess salt and can lead to decreased kidney function. This excess sodium will cause water retention, causing edema. Edema usually elevates blood pressure and increases the risk of developing kidney disease. The daily salt intake should be controlled within 6g per day.

 

4. Not treating common infections quickly and properly:

Common infections, such as pharyngitis, tonsillitis, common cold etc, usually triggers or aggravates kidney damage. They do this by causing an acute attack of acute glomerulonephritis or chronic nephritis. So, you will see that people who get kidney disease for the first time or whose illness condition becomes worse usually present in hospitals with a history of cold or sore throat.
If after having cold, symptoms like blood in urine, swelling, headache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, poor appetite appear, you should consult your doctor immediately, to assess your kidney functions, and start treatment if compromised.

5. Eating too much meat:

Eating too much meat and protein can increase the metabolic load of the kidney. For those suffering from proteinuria, meat consumption too may aggravate protein leakage, worsening renal pathological lesion.
It is suggested that protein intake should be 0.8g/kg per day. This means that a person with 50 kg should consume 40g of protein per day. Meat consumption per day should be limited within 300g.

 

6. Not eating enough:

This is equally as dangerous as eating too much, both of them will lead damages to your digestive organs where is full of mucosal tissues. Mucosal tissues relates closely to your immune system. This is why many kidney failure patients are diagnosed with “autoimmune kidney damages”.

 

7. Painkiller abuse:

The use of analgesics for a prolonged duration may reduce the flow blood and greatly affect kidney function. In addition, patients with analgesic-induced renal failure are more likely to suffer from bladder cancer.
Use analgesics only when it’s absolutely necessary, learn to rest instead of taking to the bottles. If you have been on pain killers for a long term, it’s about time you had a test to access you renal function done.

 

8. Missing your drugs:

Hypertension and diabetes have been shown to precipitate or accelerate kidney damage, so if you are diagnosed as having any of these disease don’t live your life in denial, USE YOUR DRUGS.
This will ultimately help control your condition while also helping to preserve your kidneys.

9. Drinking too much alcohol:

Drinking alcohol without limitation may cause the deposition of uric acid in renal tubules, causing tubular obstruction and increasing risks of kidney failure.

10. Not resting enough:

In our society, hypertension as a severe threat to life is largely due to stress. A common symptom of stress is insomnia. Blood pressure may increase by an average of 2-5mg/Hg because of insomnia. Chronically elevated blood pressure can cause damage to kidney capillaries giving rise to kidney problems. Thus, we need to develop a good attitude to life and strike a good balance between work and rest to protect your kidneys and live a healthy life.

At the early stage of kidney diseases, there are usually no the special symptoms, so lots of patients are not diagnosed until the acute attack appears or the illness condition develops into the late stage. So you should endeavor to do kidney function test from time to time to assess how healthy your kidneys are.

Never ignore the soreness of waist, swelling of the feet, changes in urine color or volume, increase in night urination, pallor, high blood pressure and other such symptoms. Once found, you should go and see your doctor immediately.

5 Ways to Fight Depression

1. Exercise.

Take a 15- to 30-minute brisk walk every day — or dance, jog, or bike if you prefer. People who are depressed may not feel much like being active. But make yourself do it anyway (ask a friend to exercise with you if you need to be motivated). Once you get in the exercise habit, it won’t take long to notice a difference in your mood.

In addition to getting aerobic exercise, some yoga poses can help relieve feelings of depression. Try downward-facing dog or legs-up-the-wall pose (you can find these poses on yoga websites). Two other aspects of yoga — breathing exercises and meditation — can also help people with depression feel better.

 

 

 

2. Nurture yourself with good nutrition.

Depression can affect appetite. One person may not feel like eating at all, but another might overeat. If depression has affected your eating, you’ll need to be extra mindful of getting the right nourishment. Proper nutrition can influence a person’s mood and energy. So eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and get regular meals (even if you don’t feel hungry, try to eat something light, like a piece of fruit, to keep you going).

 

3. Identify troubles, but don’t dwell on them.

Try to identify any situations that have contributed to your depression. When you know what’s got you feeling blue and why, talk about it with a caring friend. Talking is a way to release the feelings and to receive some understanding. If there’s no one to tell, pouring your heart out to a journal works just as well.

Once you air out these thoughts and feelings, turn your attention to something positive. Take action to solve problems. Ask for help if you need it. Feeling connected to friends and family can help relieve depression. (It may also help them feel there’s something they can do instead of just watching you hurt.)

 

4. Express yourself.

With depression, a person’s creativity and sense of fun may seem blocked. Exercise your imagination (painting, drawing, doodling, sewing, writing, dancing, composing music, etc.) and you not only get those creative juices flowing, you also loosen up some positive emotions. Take time to play with a friend or a pet, or do something fun for yourself. Find something to laugh about — a funny movie, perhaps. Laughter helps lighten your mood.

 

5. Look on the bright side.

Depression affects a person’s thoughts, making everything seem dismal, negative, and hopeless. If depression has you noticing only the negative, make an effort to notice the good things in life. Try to notice one thing, then try to think of one more. Consider your strengths, gifts, or blessings. Most of all, don’t forget to be patient with yourself. Depression takes time to heal.

What is Hosting ?

Hosting is like renting an office. You can do it yourself out of your garage, or you can pay for better facilities with all the essential plumbing and security features. For an office this would mean renting at a business center. For your website this means paying for space on a highly specialized computer server within a dedicated hosting facility. 

Just like an office directory listing, your website has a physical address that maps the exact location of the website within a hosted server. These physical addresses have their own 411 or yellow pages directory which is called Domain Name System (DNS). 

The DNS directory is like a GPS (Global Positioning System) for your website, and shows the route between your site's URL (www address) and the hosted servers location shown by their Internet Protocol (IP) address. The IP address is a unique number that identifies the physical location of a computer in a similar way that a postal code tracks a physical office location.

Types of Hosting

The high configuration computers that host your files are called web servers. In hosting facilities, these are connected to high-speed fiber optics with near 100% uptime. From your home or garage you may get a lower quality of connection than that typically available from companies dedicated to hosting.

Shared Hosting (Virtual Hosting): As high configuration servers are expensive to set up, it is common to share their space across many websites. Each website has their own web address and domain name. This economical solution suits businesses and individuals desiring an online presence with minimal involvement and budget.

There are some providers who offer free web space, typically with basic features for personal web pages and mostly supported by advertisements. There's no such thing as a 'free site'.

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Reseller Hosting: Some service providers develop partnerships with professional web companies who become web hosts themselves by reselling the web space and rendering technical support themselves.

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Dedicated Hosting: This is required for large sites or applications, which run within a dedicated space. Sites that need a higher level of security due to the nature of the information being accessed or supplied can take the extra step of having their site hosted on a Virtual Dedicated or Private Server (VPS) with additional security features.

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Co-location Hosting: If you have your own server, ready with the applications, and just require continuous electrical supply and high-speed internet connection, you can locate it with some ISP's or professional web hosting companies which have the facilities.

 

 

There are a number of other hosting terms like cloud hosting, clustered hosting and grid hosting, providing web spaces from as small as 1MB to gigabytes. There is a whole industry dedicated to housing websites and web applications, and just as is in construction, getting the right design and connections for your location and needs are the most important components.

Support of Hosting

Along with each of these hosting services, a good provider typically supplies 24-hour support, daily backup of data, options for high web traffic volume, powerful bandwidth, e-mail capabilities, and specific database and applications access.

Treefrog Interactive local Toronto, Ontario hosting providers supply a high quality service that meets your needs. Contact us about hosting packages to suit your requirements.

What is new in Cloud Computing?

In this post, we’ll look at some of the trends in cloud computing and how cloud providers are reacting to address the needs of their customers.

 

Cloud providers catering to niche audiences:
Rather than focusing on just providing a generic cloud that is application agnostic, or an application that is customer agnostic, cloud providers are starting to focus on addressing the needs of specific customers.  They are realizing that generic clouds are not sufficient – a niche focus seeds quicker adoption. Providing customers generic CRM or Sales Force Automation software is not enough – after all these are complex applications that customers use and wield as a competitive advantage; so it doesn’t make sense to adopt a “one size fits all” approach to providing services for every customer. Customers will need the flexibility to extensively customize their applications and environments. Larger providers like Google and Amazon (AWS) are already addressing this need.

Proliferation of Private Clouds
Adoption of private and hybrid clouds are showing a steep rise since they address the consumer`s paranoia of security on public clouds. Larger organizations will typically use public clouds like AWS (Amazon web Services) and Rackspace only for non mission-critical applications, or as test-bench environments, but they will prefer to stay with private clouds for their mission critical applications and sensitive data needs. Smaller organizations will still continue to use these cloud providers for their mission-critical systems for obvious cost reasons.

Rapid adoption of the Cloud by SMBs
Small and Medium Businesses will rapidly move to the cloud as awareness and education by providers and early adopters increases. SMBs are quickly realizing that the cloud offers them the ability to scale up operations much faster than if they tried to manage their IT needs in-house. Cloud  providers are offering SMBs access to applications for everything from mail, office productivity, sales force automation to more specific applications like accounting, sales, and even business intelligence apps.

Disaster Aftermath – the Need for BCP 
After the tsunami in Japan, there has been an increase in awareness for the need for BCP (Business Continuity Planning) in SMBs. Something that was not a common practice before with SMBs, is now fast becoming a norm. As SMBs take a re-look at BCP, cloud solutions and cloud providers are becoming a corner stone for their BCP strategies. It is evidently simple for SMBs to understand that having their mission-critical systems on a public cloud infrastructure means that in the event of a disaster, their data is safe, their systems are up, and its business as usual for their customers. Interruptions are far less severe in a disaster situation and time to be back up and running servicing customers is almost as soon as employees can re-group and access an internet connection.

Increase in the number of Large Public and Hybrid Cloud Providers
Call it economies of scale, new revenue opportunities, or simply a new line of business – large organizations are looking to leverage their resources and expertise in building large cloud infrastructures for personal use as well as to act as a provider for other large, medium, and small businesses. The likes of Amazon (AWS), Saleforce.com (Force.com), Google, Microsoft, and IBM are some of the top providers of cloud services today; there is no reason why other companies with massive in-house information processing needs will not extend their platforms, services and know-how as cloud services to other organizations. We will see more of these in the coming months and years.

Addressing Data Location
One of the main banes of cloud computing as far as customers are concerned is that they have little knowledge of where the data is actually going to physically reside once they put it on the cloud.  It may come as a surprise to know that your data may not be residing in the same city, state or for that matter country as your organization.  While the cloud provider may be contractually obliged to you to ensure the privacy of your data, they may be even more obliged to abide by the laws of the state, and or country in which your data resides. So your organization’s rights may get marginalized.  Cloud providers are very cognizant of this fear among some of their potential customers – to allay these fears, providers are giving their customers the option to choose where their data is geographically located.  Larger providers like IBM are already providing services that are highlighting the fact that the data will be localized.  This trend will only continue in the months ahead.