Can drinking damage your kidneys?

When it comes to our bodies, we’re only given one. So, why do we seem so hell-bent on hurting them with booze? It’s not just your liver that’s at risk when you drink; your kidneys can also take a hit from too much alcohol consumption. In fact, drinking excessively over time can lead to irreversible damage to these vital organs.

Here are the facts about what exactly alcohol does to your kidneys:

1. Alcohol Causes Dehydration

Ever wake up after a night of heavy drinking and feel like you’ve been crawling through the Sahara desert? That dry mouth and headache is no coincidence. Alcohol acts as a diuretic by increasing urine production – which makes sense since you probably took more than few trips to bathroom last night.

The problem is that excessive urination leads to dehydration which in turn puts stress on your kidneys – and nobody needs their kidneys stressed out.

2. Overloading Your Kidneys with Toxins

Your body relies on its kidneys for filtration – taking waste products such as urea out of circulation and keeping healthy nutrients where they belong—and toxins dumped into circulation after an evening dedicated to Jäger Bombs aren’t conducive for kidney health!

Letting toxins accumulate forces the filters in your kidney (nephrons) go into hyperdrive leading long-term stress and ultimately potential failure if this goes unchecked.

It’s all fun until someone ends-up living it up hooked onto dialysis machines… Not fun mate!

## 3.Damage The Filters of Your Kidney

120-150 quarts regular blood flow daily are not easy numbers my friend! Our little buddies aka the nephrons help in reducing pollutants from every overflowed beer pitcher or toxic cocktail cup but never underestimate their ability estimate forever because thier capacity has some limits beyond plugging IPL games for weekends!

Over-drinking may sometimes lead directly or indirectly to Nephrotic Syndrome, which leads to damage in the glomeruli part of kidney filtration systemand may lead to fatally impairing its basic function.

4. Chronic Kidney Disease

Heavy drinkers often feel like they are supermen but those late-night beer runs and frequent Uber Eats will eventually catch up with you – truuust me! Over time, consuming excessive amounts of alcohol damages your kidney cells leading (you guessed it) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) over a period of years!

Chronic Kidney disease doesn’t respond positively towards any treatment without modifying alcohol consumption.

Remember looking cool is not worth all that potential harm your body can go through just for impressing someone who may probably wake-up bear-footed next morning after sipping all night through?

5.Treat Your Body Better

Don’t’ worry amigo I’m not about to deliver an epic lecture on teetotalism.. Just consume wisely…

Drink water between drinks to keep yourself hydrated and help your kidneys flush toxins out smoothly.After party snack platters are tempting but avoiding salty snacks could also take some load off from its filtering capacity.

Your kidneys do so much more than you’d imagine- they produce hormones regulating vital functions besides just filtering, so please don’t make them work harder by giving them excess toxins via liquor weekly basis as well alright?

Think twice before taking a shot or put extra time ordering wine- Yes we love drinking at times – drink sensibly folks!

Next time when somebody talks fancy uptown lingo about their trendy Bru-mosas or ‘Nosecco shots’, try playing safe around two glasses per day ;).

Stay Classy & Stay Safe Fellas!

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