Three misunderstandings about men’s kidney replenishment in spring

　　Myth 1: Kidney-tonifying health products imply that they can “strengthen yang””

　　Recently, reporters have seen all kinds of health care products on the Internet that claim to be able to "preserve the kidneys," "protect the kidneys," and "tonify the kidneys." Some advertising slogans even directly state suggestive language such as "good kidneys, good for you and me, good for everyone" and "let men regain their prowess" to promote the efficacy. For this reason, many people think that the kidneys are responsible for affecting male The main organ of sexual function, Kidney deficiency Sexual function will be poor. Taking kidney-tonifying medicine can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang.

　　[Expert correction]

　　Protect the kidneys without increasing the burden on the kidneys

　　Advertisements for many "kidney-tonifying" products currently on the market often mislead the public, and even make people mistakenly think that they are "impotence drugs" that can "rejuvenate themselves once you take them." Professor Mei Changlin said that in fact, there is no drug or health product in the world that can immediately improve kidney function. On the contrary, only by not increasing the burden on the kidneys in daily life can we truly "preserve the kidneys" and "protect the kidneys."

　　Some people have hyposexuality due to psychological factors. After taking kidney-tonifying drugs, they may have improved results under the influence of self-confidence, so they think that the kidney-tonifying drugs have played a role. In fact, for truly organic sexually transmitted diseases For patients with degenerative disease, without treatment, no matter how "strengthening yang and nourishing kidneys" will have any effect.

　　Misunderstanding 2: If you have backache, fatigue, dizziness and tinnitus, you just want to "tonify your kidneys"”

　　exist Hospital In nephrology outpatient clinics, doctors often encounter patients seeking treatment due to backache, fatigue, dizziness, tinnitus, fatigue and forgetfulness, etc., and make requests for "kidney replenishment."

　　Some patients easily listened to the propaganda in illegal advertisements, bought medicines at will, blindly nourished the kidneys, and only came to see a doctor after experiencing adverse reactions.

　　[Expert correction]

　　Tonifying the kidneys also needs to be divided into kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency.

　　Professor Deng Yueyi, director of the Nephrology Department of Longhua Hospital, analyzed that these patients often think that as long as their kidneys are repaired, all other problems will be solved. In fact, the public mistakenly believes that kidney disease means kidney deficiency, and confuses the kidneys of traditional Chinese medicine and the kidneys of western medicine. Kidney deficiency is mainly the result of low function and nutritional deficiencies, and will show kidney-related functional decline, such as slow thinking, low sexual function, easy fractures, anemia , unable to hold back urine, weakness in waist and legs, etc. These are common conditions among middle-aged people, but they cannot be generalized. The above symptoms must be caused by kidney deficiency.

　　Professor Deng Yueyi pointed out that fatigue and age are not the criteria for defining kidney replenishment. People who don't need to take kidney-tonifying medicine take kidney-tonifying medicine. Not only are the nutrients not replenished, but they also add a detoxification burden to the organs. As in cold In the acute stage, taking kidney-tonifying dogwood, rehmannia root, etc. will worsen the condition and make it difficult to recover. Therefore, Chinese medicine will say that "the medicine is three parts poison." Kidney-tonifying medicine can also be harmful to people with weak spleen and stomach. For example, if the kidney-tonifying medicine is simply not absorbed, it may cause symptoms. diarrhea Wait for side effects. In addition, you must be careful when replenishing the kidneys. Kidney diseases caused by different causes have different replenishment methods. In terms of functions, kidney essence can be divided into two aspects: kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. To nourish the kidneys, you need to prescribe the right medicine according to kidney yang deficiency or kidney yin deficiency. If used incorrectly, for example, symptoms will worsen, such as fever all over the body, dizziness, bloating, earache, and sore throat.

　　Myth 3: Young people will not get kidney disease

　　Six months ago, 25-year-old Xiao Wang began to experience dizziness and elevated blood pressure. He took antihypertensive tablets by himself and did not pay attention to it.

　　Just a week ago, Xiao Wang suddenly suffered from blurred vision, severe headache, edema of both lower limbs, nausea and vomiting. I went to the hospital to have my blood pressure measured, and it was as high as 210/120 mmHg! After further examination, it turned out to be renal hypertension!

　　Nowadays, many white-collar workers like Xiao Wang think that they are young and often busy with social activities, sometimes even staying up all night. Although I feel tired, I think I am young and healthy and don’t care. They often think that kidney deficiency and kidney disease are only diseases that only middle-aged people will get after the age of 40, and they do not pay attention to them. They even ignore annual physical examinations, and when they are discovered, they are already in the advanced stage of kidney disease.

　　[Expert correction]

　　Don’t Ignore Your Kidney’s “SOS Signal””

　　Some young white-collar workers often have reversed day and night, and like high-protein, high-fat, and high-calorie foods, leading to overnutrition. A diet of seafood and beer can also easily induce gouty nephropathy. In hospital outpatient clinics, there is currently an increase in patients with gouty kidney disease around the age of 30, and they are mainly men. Professor Ni Zhaohui, director of the Nephrology Department of Yanji Hospital, reminds young people that once they find high blood pressure, they should go for a kidney check as soon as possible. In addition, frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, blood in the urine, increased foam, edema of the eyelids and lower limbs, increased frequency of nocturia, soreness in the waist and abdomen, etc., are likely to be "distress signals" sent by the kidneys.