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heart spleen lung and kidney, although the kidney came in the final five internal organs, but its role is the most important. Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, Professor of Nephrology, Bi Zengqi to reporters punched example: If the kidney metaphor of a "boiler", then burning the body resulting from the "cinder" (metabolites) must be discharged by the boiler. Once the "boiler" problems, the waste did not break out, will not only damage "boiler", the whole system will implode.

Chen Xiang-mei Academy of Sciences told reporters that there are three major kidney function, one generates the urine to maintain water balance. "The human body there are about 1.3 million per kidney glomerular filtration a day and clean 200 liters of blood, equivalent to 10 barrels of drinking water, form about 1.8 liters of urine. When people too much or too came from a body of water by the kidney to adjust to the urine to maintain body water balance. "The second is expelled from the body of the metabolites and toxic substances. "The human body metabolism will produce metabolic wastes such as urea, uric acid, creatinine, etc. These wastes from the kidneys through the urine excreted in order to maintain the normal physiological activity. "Three is the endocrine function. Such as the secretion of erythropoietin (EPO) to promote bone marrow; generating activity of vitamin D regulate calcium metabolism and bone to maintain the normal structure and function; secretion of vasoactive substances in regulating blood pressure.

It is precisely because these three kidney function, so one kidney problems, other parts of the body will be a problem. Chen Xiang-mei said Academician, kidney disease early, mostly fatigue fatigue, swollen eyelids, face pale, a large number of bubbles in urine painful or difficult urination. The next will produce nausea and vomiting, anorexia and generalized edema, low back pain, an increase in nocturnal blood pressure and pain of breath with Niaowei pruritus unresponsive muscle tremors numbness in hands and feet and so on. If serious, the above symptoms continue to increase at the same time will lead to multiple organ dysfunction such as heart failure, liver and lungs.