What's the effect of missing a kidney?

Some time ago, it was reported in the news that my younger brother and sister had uremia, and their parents donated a kidney to each of them, saving their lives. On the internet, I often see jokes about selling kidneys to buy mobile phones, selling kidneys to buy cars and so on. For people with kidneys, the importance need not be repeated. Donating and selling kidneys may be a helpless move. So, if a person does not have a kidney, will it affect his life?

Missing a kidney has some influence on the body, but it is not very big. If a kidney is healthy, it can excrete metabolites in the body through urine, which has no effect on fertility and longevity. However, after a kidney is missing, if nephritis and other diseases are caused by some virus infections, the renal function will be seriously affected. Without the compensatory function of another kidney, it is easy to cause the excretion of metabolites in the body.

Kidney has great compensation and reserve capacity, and a normal kidney can completely meet the daily metabolic needs. Therefore, a healthy kidney can completely maintain the needs of the body as long as its shape and function are normal. It should be pointed out that no matter what causes this situation, it is necessary to take care of the only kidney. For example, it is best not to do strenuous exercise or heavy physical labor, adjust a healthy diet, and actively prevent abdominal trauma and various urinary tract infections. Because once a healthy kidney is abnormal, the damage to health is very great, even fatal.

Nephrectomy patients should have a light diet, avoid greasy food, avoid fried food, and limit the intake of high cholesterol food, such as animal viscera, egg yolk, crab roe, pig's trotters, skin and chicken skin. It is suggested to give priority to "white meat" such as chicken and fish, and eat less "red meat" such as cattle, sheep and pork. You can eat calcium-rich foods such as milk and ribs soup intermittently to prevent osteoporosis. Proper vinegar can increase the dissolution and absorption of calcium when boiling soup. In addition, calcium supplementation should not be excessive, otherwise it will increase the burden on the kidneys.

In addition, nephrectomy patients should also change their living habits, advocate eating less and more meals, eat more green leafy vegetables, avoid eating gastrointestinal irritating foods such as coffee and tea, and quit smoking and drinking. Because 7% of patients who use cyclosporine may have gout, they should eat less purine foods such as seafood and animal offal. Be careful not to overwork and pay attention to rest.