Dr Unyime Ndor, of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom State, has cautioned against excessive consumption of beer, hot drinks and herbal mixtures, smoking of cigarettes, hard drugs and other cannabis….READ FULL ARTICLE...READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
He equally discouraged those described as ‘passive smokers’ from continued closeness with active smokers, saying that, even though they do not smoke directly, they are vulnerable to assorted ailments as a result of effects of cigarettes smoking.
World Kidney Day is a global health awareness campaign, observed annually on the 2nd Thursday in March, focusing on the importance of the kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease worldwide.
The medical expert advised that victims and non-victims should regularly check the state of their kidneys to avoid impairments.
He advices on avoiding kidney issues;
“I want to strongly discourage addiction to drinking beers, hot drinks as well as herbal mixtures.
“These have strong and dangerous effects on the kidneys.
“I also encourage diabetics to regularly visit their doctors. This is because causes of diabetes, including sugar, graduate to impact the kidney.
“Don’t go to patent medicine dealers to mix drugs for you as these impact the kidney, too. Rather make it a habit to get prescriptions from medical doctors for you to buy the right drugs from Pharmacists.”
He mentioned that some of the symptoms that indicate kidney disease;
“Victim would be swelling.”
“Persistent foamy urine.
Kidney is a very important organ in the human body, which helps to shift unwanted materials from foods and can’t afford to be faulty, he said.
He warned that the cost of using dialysis machines to treat kidney disease is very expensive, meanwhile, disease is hardly cured….READ FULL ARTICLE
