12 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Kidney

The kidneys are vital organs which are needed to maintain healthy living. Currently, about 1 new case of kidney failure is seen daily in any outpatient clinic in Nigeria with some clinics seeing more than 3 new cases every day. Living with chronic kidney diseases creates a big financial burden on patients because of the need a minimum of 3 sessions of hemodialysis daily, drugs administered during each session, lifestyle modification, change in diet and the cost and burden of having a kidney transplant. Many patients have died of kidney disease and have been burdens to care givers and the society but this can be avoided by living a healthy life and by avoiding certain lifestyles that damages the kidneys.

In this article, we are going to look at 12 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Kidney.

1. Blood pressure control: Uncontrolled hypertension is said to be among the leading cause of kidney failure. Hypertension is an elevation in blood pressure with values greater than 140 mmHg and 90 mmHg for systolic and diastolic pressures respectively. Increase in blood targets and destroys the kidneys over time leading to an irreversible kidney damage that will

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Nelson sat up and looked straight at his father who already seemed to be feeling pleased with himself, then he glanced at Bruno who had been absolutely silent since they arrived and got exactly what he needed, a supportive nod.
“Sir, Aisha is pregnant for me and I am ready to do all I can to take care of her and the child”. Nelson could barely contain the relief that he felt after he spoke with tears gathering in his eyes. Pastor Mbaka on the other hand had gone pale in the face. His grey hair suddenly became very pronounced and his breathing seemed to be encountering some difficulty. His face was stuck in a permanent expression of panic. After some seconds in this state, he calmly stood up and walked out. His wife followed closely behind cursing the day she conceived Nelson at under her breath. Aisha’s father just beamed at Nelson and said “Go get your wife my son”.
Nelson embraced Bruno who was still in shock from what had just happened and went straight into Aisha’s room.
The first thing he noticed when he entered was that the room was absolutely quiet, he

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Mummy, don't do...", she cut him short again, this time with a perfectly delivered slap to his left cheek. It was then that Pastor Mbaka finally spoke, his tone barely audible to Nelson, both from the anguish in the voice and the resonance of the slap.
" Nelson why? Why have you decided to disgrace your mother and I like this? We have shown you love and tried to bring you up in the way of the Lord but all you have brought to this house is a bastard, a demon. You ingrate!" His last words came out in a vicious tone of anger that made Nelson retreat. He kept his eyes to the floor and tried to salvage the situation.
"Daddy, I only did it once, and she's the only girl, I swear", the absolute futility of his words hit him immediately he finished speaking them and apparently, it hit his father too because he wiped his eyes, stood up and started approaching Nelson menacingly.
"Now listen young man, I have been a pastor for almost two decades. Even before you were born. And the church plans to ordain me a reverend this year. I will not let you ruin all that I've worked for. I don't care what happened between the both of you, you are not responsible for that pregnancy. Can you hear me? Aisha is a known whore in school and you're not the only boy she's had sex with. You used protection and there is no way the child could be yours. It is either what I just said is true or you cease to be a son of this house, so you better know what