Seemingly unrelated signs of kidney issues
- - lower back pain (specifically right side)
- - puffy eyes
- - tinnitus
- - brain fog/low willpower
Weak kidneys = poor circulation, electrolyte imbalance & waste build up. Worth looking into. Plenty of other symptoms, but these are the sneaky ones.
Most people fixate on gut & liver, but all your drainage & excretion organs work in one big immune matrix. If any one is compromised, the others have to compensate.
Waste backs up, causes issues all throughout the body, and gets excreted in secondary pathways (eg skin breakouts and bad odor).
Most people have one organ thats a bottleneck, but you really need to focus on the FULL drainage axis if you want to optimize waste excretion (Liver->Lymph->Kidneys->Gut->Back to liver)
First step is warning signs:
- Foamy urine
- Fatigue after high protein meals
- Puffy eyes especially in AM
- Cramping
- Dry mouth (irrespective of water intake)
- Salt cravings
- General weakness
Then kidney blood panel:
- Creatinine
- BUN
- BUN/creatinine ratio
- Cystatin C
- eGFR
- Electrolytes
General first steps for reversing early kidney issues would be:
- Prioritizing hydration w/electrolytes
- Cutting out supplements that may be overloading kidney (synthetic vitamins, excess protein isolate, raw foods)
- Opt for gentle herbs in tea form: Nettle, Parsley, Astragalus, hibiscus, lemon balm
- Castor oil packs (for motility/liver support)
If your gut & liver are compromised, your kidney compensates, so you may have to go one step deeper.
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