Healthy Water, the Best Liquid to Protect Kidneys

Answering to the question ‘how far mineral water affects formation of kidney stone?’ head of urology department of Qaem Hospital said: “no matter where water comes from: pipes, bottles or springs, it should be drunk as much as possible so that kidney stone formation can be stopped; healthy tap water is the best liquid to protect the kidney”.

Talking to WebDa about the importance of kidney health, Dr. Ahmadnia said that infections affect kidney failure; he added: “unusual infections create problems especially for children with failed kidneys; however, in adults, those infections normally do not do a permanent harm to the kidney and specific infections such as tuberculosis might damage the kidneys”.

He said: “accidents, risky sports, rheumatologic diseases, lupus and atheromatosis might damage the kidney”.

Kidney cancers risk the health of kidneys

Head of urology department of Qaem Hospital said: “if being bilateral, kidney cancers might also affect kidneys; this disease has no signs at the beginning. Therefore, anyone who feels pain in their flanks or detect blood in their urine should refer to a health care center so that they avoid kidney cancer”.

Dr. Ahmadnia said: “in this disease, if the patient refers to the doctor before all parts of the kidney are involved, the kidney would be saved if the tumor or part of it is removed or cancer is prevented from spreading to other parts of the body by removing the whole kidney”.

Answering to the question ‘how far mineral water affects formation of kidney stone?’ he said: “in the past, people thought that potable water contained gypsum, while no studies have proved that water can create kidney stones”.

Drinking a lot of water assures kidney health

Head of urology department of Qaem Hospital said: “no matter where water comes from: pipes, bottles or springs, it is important that people drink a lot of liquids, especially water to prevent from formation of kidney stones and to have white-colored urine”.

Dr. Ahmadnia said: “to figure out whether they drink enough water in a day, people should collect samples of their urine once a week; if the amount of urine is more than 2500 cc or two and a half liters, they have drunk enough water”.

Referring to the urology department of Qaem Hospital, he said: “fortunately, the urology department of Qaem Hospital has existed since the hospital was operationalized. High quality, modern services are now provided for patients in this department”.

The urology department of Qaem Hospital has good relations with the gynecology department

 Head of urology department of Qaem Hospital said: “advice for the gynecology department and surgeries for women with bladder injuries are provided and performed by the urology department”.

Dr. Ahmadnia said: “urinary stones are more common in men than in women and bladder infections are more widespread in women than in men”.

Emphasizing that following the above advice helps people have healthy kidneys, he said: “exercise is great for general heath and helps preventing from urinary tract and kidney diseases as well. Exercise prevents from diabetes and formation of kidney stones”.

Air pollution indirectly harms kidneys

Head of urology department of Qaem Hospital added: “air pollution has an indirect role in creating kidney diseases and the urinary tract is indirectly affected by environmental pollutants. Some poisonous materials from paint factories increase the chance of getting bladder cancer”.

Fat indirectly affects kidney failure

Dr. Ahmadnia said: “fat does not play a direct role in causing kidney diseases, but it leads to formation of deposits in arteries and high blood pressure which directly causes kidney failure”.

He urged that people who do not have kidney failure be careful, but this does not mean that the failure leads to dialysis or a kidney transplant and they should take more care of their kidneys to protect them from more damage”.