Do you know that your kidneys filter around 200 liters of blood every day without any gap? Your fist-sized kidneys sitting on either side of your lower spine also participate in supporting and completing other processes of your body that are crucial to keeping you alive, such as-

• Holding back some essential substances like protein from seeping out through urine
• Your kidneys regulate the production of red blood cells
• Your kidneys remove toxins, waste products, and bacteria from your blood

Your kidneys do a few more functions, but still, we are less sensitive towards them. The real reason is that most people mostly focus on improving physical health, such as body weight. But getting into your desired waistline is not a remark of good health; your kidneys also require as much nourishment and care that you give to your outer self. Good health is deemed as a condition in which your body organs are likely to function and processes working at their peak.

But certain biological and environmental stresses can toll on your kidneys' functioning and lead you to a permanent loss of your kidneys' functioning. This condition is known as chronic kidney disease, which is a progressive loss of kidneys' functioning.

If you're reading this, then there are chances that you'll be able to keep you away from the radar of acute kidney injury that most people never see coming at the beginning. We'll address various aspects of acute kidney injury so that you can take certain actions to prevent the progression of disease at its initial stages. Let's take a further look at the term acute kidney injury with its causes and symptoms that come with it.

What is Acute Kidney Injury?

Acute kidney injury is a very common health condition in which your kidneys stop working suddenly for a shorter period. It can happen in just a few hours or a day and doesn't last long. Acute kidney injury can often be reversed by routine medications or by doing some temporary modifications in the diet- which we call a kidney-friendly diet. Acute kidney failure is often harmless but if overlooked, can permanently impair your kidneys' functioning. Acute kidney failure is commonly reported in people who are hospitalized for another reason and need intensive care.

How Can You Detect Acute Kidney Injury At The Initial Stage?

It's hard to detect acute kidney injury initially because it's a condition in which your kidneys stop working abruptly without giving any warning signs before the emergency event. However, some symptoms vary depending on the severity of the disease and how badly your kidneys are impacted. Symptoms may include the following-

•  Itching and dry skin
• Shortness of breath
• Feeling very tired or drowsy
• Confusion
• Feeling pressure or pain in the chest
• Muscle twitching
• Peeing less than normal
• Loss of appetite
• Fever
• Rash
• Nosebleed
• Swelling, joint pain
• Come in severe cases

Why Can Kidney Problems Be Dangerous?

Indeed, acute kidney failure is often harmless, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you don't seek medical help. Acute kidney injury, if recurred, can permanently impair your kidneys' functioning, and you may notice visible signs after 30 to 40% loss of your kidneys' functioning, which will be too late to control the problem with routine medications. According to allopathy, a person at end-stage renal injury needs to get dialysis or their kidneys transplanted to add some few years in their lives. But Ayurveda has a different take on that; according to Ayurveda, kidney failure at the end stage can be cured with the administration of several potent herbs and diet.

How Can Ayurveda Cure Kidney Complications Naturally?

Ayurvedic treatments are proven effective in curing any type of health complications, including kidney problems that range from mild to severe ones. The ultimate goal of AKI treatment in Ayurveda is to deliver holistic health by preventing the progression of the disease through various combinations of natural herbs, a well-rounded diet, meditation, and exercise that promotes healing on the affected area and enhances the blood flow to your kidneys by removing an obstruction from the blood tubules that carry blood to your kidneys. But Ayurveda is just not limited to nature's best healing system; the treatment also includes various yoga practices, such as- pranayama, kriyas, asanas, and dhyan, that drive you towards spirituality and establish the connectedness between your mind, body, and spirit that promotes good health and disease-free life.

Understanding The Ayurvedic Perspective Towards Kidney Failure

According to Ayurveda, Kidney failure can be a result of aggravated doshas ( Vata dosha. Pitta dosha, and Kapha dosha) that controls various functions of your body, such as digestion, metabolism, heartbeat, blood circulation, sugar levels, body temperature, breath, thoughts, pulse movement, bowel movements, bodyweight, strength, and your immune system. Sometimes the increased intake of virudha ahaar disrupts the doshas that primarily affects the kidneys' function. The real reason is whatever we eat or drink is looked up to as an offering to your doshas that can either strengthen your doshas or can weaken them, which makes you vulnerable to having various kidney complications, and acute kidney injury is one of them. With AKI treatment in Ayurveda can bring balance to the disrupted doshas and heals kidneys' filtering units inside the kidneys so that they start working properly as they should.