Does kidney failure affect "sex"?

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Kidneys and kidney diseases both affect sex drive. If there is an unstable problem in the kidney, it can affect the psychology or directly affect the physiological ability of each person.

1. The role of the adrenal gland in physiology

Kidneys and kidney diseases (such as nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, kidney failure ...) are often referred to as "weak kidneys". Many believe that weak kidneys have a great influence on physiological problems, causing physiological weakness. In fact, the kidneys and adrenal glands play a very important role in health, especially reproductive health. The adrenal glands are organs located above the kidneys that secrete hormones that balance the body. The adrenal gland also secretes hormones that regulate male sex, helping to shape male characteristics and maintain sexual activity, in which mainly androgen hormones, in addition to insignificant amounts of estrogen hormone. Accordingly, androgens play a role in the development of male characteristics. During embryonic development, male sex differentiation is mainly due to the action of androgens. At puberty, androgen hormones along with testosterone are the two main factors that stimulate the development of sex organs.

2. Weak kidneys affect male physiology?

The kidney is an organ located in the structure of the endocrine system, which has the function of filtering and eliminating toxins from the body through urine. Therefore, when suffering from kidney problems, patients may experience unpleasant symptoms, such as body odor, breath odor, change in skin color, facial color, and even hair loss and tanned skin. The negative effects of kidney failure make men feel self-conscious and inferior, leading to stress every time they interact with their partners. The psychology of uncomfortable sexual activities is a big obstacle in sexual problems. Moreover, when suffering from kidney disease, many people think that having sex will make the disease worse, so they often have the mentality of avoiding sex.
In fact, weak kidneys are the cause of many physiological problems in men. Diseases such as glomerulonephritis, kidney failure, kidney stones... in addition to the effects on the kidneys, they also cause physical weakness, fatigue and psychological pressure, and sluggishness both before, during and after. go into battle". The function of the kidneys is to produce certain hormones. When kidney disease occurs, hormone production will be affected, leading to hormonal imbalance, resulting in decreased sex drive in men.
Besides, weak kidneys also directly affect the circulation of blood to the penis. For patients with kidney problems, the blood to the penis is often not enough to achieve an erection, which can even lead to some other medical problems such as erectile dysfunction, ejaculation disorder (premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction). no ejaculation).

3. Weak kidneys also affect female physiology

Women are also subjects strongly affected by kidney diseases, affecting sexual ability. Kidney weakness causes a significant impact on a woman's health, weakens general health and is the cause of decreased sex drive in women, which gradually leads to frigidity in marital life.
Patient's psychology when suffering from kidney problems is always heavy and worried every time he is close to his partner. Women's physiology is not the same as men's, kidney failure affects slowly, not suddenly like men, so it's often difficult for women to confess. Therefore, the improvement of sexual function is hardly concerned by women from early on, only when the disease becomes severe will women go to the doctor and get treatment. This has a significant impact on the health and well-being of the family.

4. Doctor's advice

Patients who notice the symptoms of weak kidneys should go to the doctor and treat the disease as soon as possible to minimize the effects on health and sexual ability. In addition, should build a healthy lifestyle, eat science.
For patients with kidney problems, it is necessary to drink the necessary amount of water (about 2 liters of water) every day, it is best to drink filtered water. When the amount of water is replenished enough, the process of filtering toxins out of the body will take place normally. Do not hold urine for a long time because it will make the bladder and kidneys get used to overload, affecting the ability to filter calcium in the urine. In addition, should limit eating and drinking foods containing a lot of oxalates, such as tea, coffee, chocolate, bran powder, cereals... Be active, exercise properly, maintain exercise Exercise regularly at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week with gentle exercises such as brisk walking, slow running, swimming...

5. How to check for weak kidneys?

Kidney failure often affects physiology silently, and the disease progression is quite slow, making patients subjective, until accidentally discovered, the disease level is already severe. Therefore, it is very necessary to check and evaluate kidney function periodically through tests to help patients know how their kidneys are doing and to help doctors have early treatment measures. high efficiency.
Since November 2018, Vinmec Times City International Hospital has applied a new test technique that allows early diagnosis of kidney diseases: L-FABP technique. Patients only need to take a urine sample and do the test at any time of the day, after only 30 minutes, they will receive accurate results. Up to now, Vinmec is the first hospital in Vietnam to apply this test according to Japanese technology on a modern automatic AU 680 testing machine, giving quick results with high accuracy.

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