World Kidney Day: In today’s busy life, people’s eating habits are changing rapidly. Consuming fast food, less water, excess salt and processed foods gradually starts affecting the body. These bad habits have the biggest impact on the kidneys, because the kidneys work to remove toxins from the body. In such a situation, when a stone is formed in the kidney, this problem can be very painful and disturbing. Kidney stones are becoming a common health problem today. This problem can be seen in people of any age.
But wrong diet, habit of drinking less water and many lifestyle related reasons increase it further. Due to formation of kidney stones, the patient may have to face problems like severe pain, burning sensation during urination, frequent urination and sometimes vomiting and nausea. According to doctors, if changes in diet and lifestyle are not made in time, this problem can occur again and again. In such a situation, let us know how people who have kidney problems should maintain their diet.
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Why is World Kidney Day celebrated?
World Kidney Day is an international day celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March. Which was started by International Society of Nephrology and International Federation of Kidney Foundations. Its objective is to make people aware about kidney health. The purpose of this day is to give people information about kidney care, identification of kidney diseases, right diet and healthy lifestyle, so that kidney related diseases can be prevented in time and people can keep their kidneys healthy for a long time.
What should be the diet of kidney stone patients?
Dr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Director and Nephrology of Shri Balaji Action Medical Institute, says that it is very important to take care of diet in case of kidney stones. The most important thing in this is that the patient should drink as much water as possible throughout the day. Because by doing this the initial stones can pass out through urine. Apart from this, there is also a need to avoid some things.
According to experts, in case of stones, consumption of foods rich in protein and oxalate like spinach, beetroot and chocolate should be minimized. Apart from this, take a balanced diet which includes fruits, vegetables and light food. If you follow the right diet, the risk of stone formation is also less.
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