World Kidney Day 14th march
The theme for 2016 will focus on Kidney Disease & Children: Act Early to Prevent It.
To raise awareness about the same, here we are presenting a few interesting facts about kidney.
They’re not just your body’s cleanup crew.Without them we’d be swimming in our own waste.
We’re born with a pair, yet we can manage with just one. That’s why you can donate a kidney and remain alive and well.
1.The kidneys have a higher blood flow than even the brain, liver or heart.
2.The kidneys reabsorb and redistribute 99% of the blood volume and only 0.1% of the blood filtered becomes urine.
3.Healthy kidneys work 24hrs a day/7 days a week to clean the blood.
4.Kidneys will continue performing until they have lost 75-80% of their function.
5.Kidneys represent only 0.5% of total body’s weight.
6.The kidneys of a newborn baby are about 3X larger in proportion to body weight as in the adult.
7.Kidney stones are an accumulation of mineral salts and mostly combined with calcium which can lodge anywhere along the course of the urinary tract.
8.Refined carbohydrates and sugar will stimulate the pancreas to release insulin. This causes extra calcium to be excreted in the urine. . . alas, kidney stones.
9.Kidney Beans(Rajma), true to their name are kidney shaped. They provide nutrients that are helpful to the human kidneys.
10.Each kidney contains 1 million individual filters. They filter an average of around 1.3 liters (2.2 pints) of blood per minute, and expel up to 1.4 liters (2.5 pints) a day of urine.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF SUCH A VITAL ORGAN
One or two to reermbem, that is.