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Painkiller side effects on kidney: Nowadays, headache, backward, joint pain or period pen – people immediately eat painkillers for all. Some people get used to that there was a slight pain and took a bullet. But do you know that eating painkillers repeatedly affects your kidney? Experts believe that the pain may disappear for some time, but the health of the kidney gradually deteriorates.
Painkiller can only provide relief for a while. Permanent treatment is not. Frequent painting medicines without doctor’s advice can cause damage to the kidney which will lead you to a serious illness. If there is pain in the body, then first get it checked up, eat the painkiller only on the advice of the emergency or a doctor.
How do painkillers work?
HOD Professor Dr. Himanshu Verma in Nephrology Department at Safdarjung Hospital It is said that most of the painkillers (such as ibuprofen, diclofenac, naproxon etc.) prevent the “prostaglandins” formed in the body. These chemicals cause pain and swelling in the body. When the medicine stops them, the pain decreases. But these prostaglandins also help in maintaining blood flow to the kidney. That is, when you eat painkillers again and again, the blood flow to the kidney may decrease.
What is the effect on the kidney?
Lower blood supply- Eating painkillers repeatedly reduces the blood of the kidney, which causes its ability to filter to decrease.
Danger of kidney damage- Eating continuous medicine can lead to a condition called “analgesic nephropathy”, in which the kidney starts to deteriorate gradually.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) –If a habit persists for a long time, then a person can become a patient of chronic kidney disease.
Blood pressure enlargement- Painkiller also affects kidney as well as blood pressure and high BP itself is a big enemy of kidney.
Early symptoms
If you take painkillers repeatedly and see any symptoms of these, then see a doctor immediately. As-
- Ankle swell
- Urine
- Fatigue and weakness
- Blood pressure continuously high
- Decrease in appetite
What to do so that the kidneys are safe?
Do not make a habit of eating painkiller. Instead of facing the pain, find out its real cause and get treatment. Take medicine only with the advice of a doctor. Avoid eating the pill again and again. Drink enough water, it helps in flushing the kidney. Also, adopt healthy lifestyle, exercise, balanced diet and stress control can reduce the problem of pain. Keep getting regular checkups so that the disease is known from the root and treatment. If you have to take painkillers again and again, then do the kidney function test.