Staying up late may feel good for a while, but it may cause your kidneys to go to the crematorium? Revealing the fatal harm of staying up late to your kidneys!

In the fast-paced modern life, staying up late seems to have become a normal part of life for many people. Some people work overtime, some indulge in the entertainment world of electronic products, or some spend their nights in various social activities. When we stay up late, we often comfort ourselves by saying, "It's just this time, it's okay." However, have you ever thought that staying up late is quietly damaging our health, especially to the kidneys, an important organ, which may cause fatal damage.

The kidney, as an important excretory organ of the human body, undertakes many key tasks such as filtering blood, removing metabolic waste, regulating water and electrolyte balance, and maintaining acid-base balance. It is like a hardworking "cleaner", always guarding the stability of the body's internal environment. Under normal circumstances, the kidney works in an orderly manner according to the body's biological clock to ensure the normal operation of various body functions. However, when we frequently stay up late, all of this is disrupted.

From the perspective of physiological mechanism, staying up late will seriously interfere with the normal metabolic rhythm of the kidneys. Our body has a sophisticated biological clock system that regulates the activities of various organs. The kidneys are no exception. When sleeping at night, the metabolic activity of the kidneys will slow down relatively and enter a relatively "resting" state, which helps to maintain the normal function of kidney cells and repair damage. But staying up late will break this biological clock, making it impossible for the kidneys to get enough rest and continue to work in a high-intensity state. Over time, the metabolic burden of kidney cells increases, just like a machine that has been running at high speed but not maintained, and is prone to failure.

Specifically, staying up late can cause damage to the filtering function of the kidneys. The glomeruli in the kidneys are important structures responsible for filtering blood. When we stay up late, the body secretes more stress hormones such as adrenaline and norepinephrine, which increase blood pressure and increase the pressure on the glomeruli. Long-term high blood pressure can damage the capillary walls of the glomeruli, resulting in a decrease in their filtering function. Macromolecules such as proteins that should have been filtered out may leak into the urine to form proteinuria. Proteinuria is an important signal of kidney disease. It means that there is a problem with the kidney's filtration barrier. If it is not intervened in time, it may gradually develop into more serious kidney diseases such as glomerulonephritis.

In addition, staying up late will also affect the endocrine function of the kidneys. The kidneys are not only excretory organs, but also have endocrine functions. They can secrete a variety of hormones, such as renin and erythropoietin. Renin is involved in the regulation of blood pressure, and erythropoietin stimulates the bone marrow to produce red blood cells. Staying up late will interfere with the normal secretion rhythm of kidney endocrine hormones, leading to an imbalance in blood pressure regulation, which in turn affects the blood perfusion of the kidneys. At the same time, insufficient secretion of erythropoietin may cause renal anemia, causing symptoms such as fatigue and dizziness.

In terms of the immune system, staying up late also has adverse effects on the kidneys. Our immune system is repaired and strengthened during sleep, and staying up late weakens the function of the immune system. When the body's immunity is reduced, the kidneys are more susceptible to invasion by pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, causing kidney infectious diseases such as pyelonephritis. These infections not only directly damage kidney tissue, but may also further increase the burden on the kidneys, forming a vicious cycle.

From the perspective of clinical data, a large number of studies have shown that people who stay up late for a long time have a significantly higher risk of kidney disease than those who maintain a good work and rest schedule. A survey of office workers found that those who often stay up late to work overtime have several times the probability of proteinuria and abnormal renal function than those with normal work and rest schedules. Moreover, once you have kidney disease, due to the poor overall physical condition caused by staying up late, the treatment effect is often unsatisfactory, and the recovery process will be longer and more difficult.

So, in order to protect our kidneys, what should we do? First, we should develop good work and rest habits, try to go to bed and get up at the same time every day, and ensure adequate sleep time. Generally, adults need 7-8 hours of sleep. Secondly, avoid excessive use of electronic products before going to bed, because the blue light emitted by the screen will inhibit the secretion of melatonin and affect sleep quality. In addition, a reasonable diet and reducing the intake of high-salt, high-fat, and high-sugar foods can also help reduce the burden on the kidneys.

Staying up late may seem like just a lifestyle habit, but its harm to the kidneys is real and cannot be ignored. We cannot ignore our health because of temporary indulgence. Only by maintaining a good work and rest schedule and taking good care of our kidneys can we have a healthy life. Let us say goodbye to staying up late from now on and give the kidneys a healthy "working environment".