CHANGES WITH AGING: RENAL FUNCTION
The kidneys gradually become less efficient at extracting
wastes from the blood. Bladder capacity declines and
the kidneys also become less able to keep your body
hydrated.
Using
nutritional supplements to maintain kidney health and
function.
This includes: yew, horny goat weed, flax oil, milk
thistle, cranberry, Juniper Berries, Marshmallow root,
parsley.
Kidneys
Kidney function starts declining from about age 30.
Their ability filter blood to remove waste products
from the blood reduces. They may also excrete too much
water, making dehydration more likely. The kidneys tend
to become smaller [25 to 30 percent decrease in kidney
mass], as the number of cells decreases, and less blood
flows through them.
There is a decrease in kidney function but not in the
same proportion to the reduction in mass. Reduced kidney
function decreases our ability to clean drugs from our
bodies. The kidneys' hormonal response to dehydration
is reduced, as is the ability to retain salt under conditions
when it should be conserved. The ability of our kidneys
to modify vitamin D to a more active form may also decline.
Overall, apart from diseases affecting the kidneys,
kidney function is sufficiently retained to meet our
needs for the duration of our life
Using
nutritional supplements to maintain kidney health and
function.
The Urinary Tract
The maximum volume of urine that the bladder can hold
decreases and controlling urination more difficult.
Older people may be less able to delay urination after
they first sense a need to urinate.
The bladder muscles weaken and may contract sporadically,
apart from any need to urinate. As a result, more urine
is left in the bladder after urination is finished.
These changes are one reason that urinary incontinence
becomes more common as people age. This problem can
often be managed through exercise and behavioral techniques.
Women
The urethra, which carries urine out of the body shortens.
and its lining becomes thinner. The sphincter muscle,
which controls the passage of urine through the urethra,
is less able to close tightly and prevent leakage. These
changes may result from the decrease in the oestrogen
level that occurs with menopause.
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Men
The prostate gland tends to enlarge partly blocking
the passage of urine. Although not as publicised as
menopause in women, men also suffer the impact of andropause
[male menopause] which increases the testosterone
in the prostate, causing it to enlarge.
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