Early Signs that Your Kidneys Are Asking for Help

Having persistent puffy eyes can be an indicator that your kidneys need help. Eye puffiness can be caused by excess fluid in the body building up around your eyes. This can make it look like you have bags under your eyes. Edema (fluid buildup) due to kidney disease is often associated with swelling in the hands, feet, and lower legs. However, fluid can also collect around your eyes, making them look puffy and swollen. Swelling can be another indicator of your kidneys needing help. Swelling of the ankles, feet, and hands are symptoms of kidney disease. It occurs when the kidneys cannot remove excess fluid from the body. Urination problems can be another indicator of kidney weakness. If you need to go to the bathroom every couple of hours, especially at night. Blood in the urine is also another kidney problem. Healthy kidneys typically keep the blood cells in the body when filtering waste from the blood to create urine, but when the kidney’s filters have been damaged, these blood cells can start to “leak” out into the urine. Excessive bubbles in the urine – especially those that require you to flush several times before they go away—indicate protein in the urine. This foam may look like the foam you see when scrambling eggs, as the common protein found in urine, albumin, is the same protein that is found in eggs. Leg cramps can also be an indicator of kidney problems. These painful, episodes of muscle contractions lasting up to a few minutes during the nighttime. It usually affects the thighs, calves and muscles of the foot, and it disturbs your sleep. High creatinine levels is another indicator that your kidneys are asking you for help. Creatinine is a waste product mostly eliminated by the muscles. It is typically eliminated via the kidneys. In normal circumstances, creatinine would be filtered by the kidneys and passed out of the body in urine. Dry and itchy skin can also be a sign of mineral and bone disease that often accompanies advanced kidney disease, or when the kidneys are no longer able to keep the right balance of minerals and nutrients in your blood. Trouble sleeping can be another indicator of kidney problems. When the kidneys aren’t filtering properly, toxins stay in the blood rather than leaving the body through the urine. This can make it difficult to sleep. There is also a link between obesity and chronic kidney disease, and sleep apnea is more common in those with kidney disease, compared with the general population. If you are having any of the signs mentioned above, HijamaEnergetics sessions can help strengthen your kidney and bring your kidneys back to good health, Insha-Allah.