SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE

Your kidneys are vital for the excretory process of wastes in the
body. As you know, these waste buildups are excreted as urine. When
the kidneys job of cleaning blood toxins and waste products
deteriorates, "Chronic Kidney Disease" occurs.

Mostly, kidney failure occurs in asymptomatic patients. Risk of
sudden death is also counted.

In a small market, we gathered blood and urine samples of 100 people
who claim to be healthy. Surprisingly, 22 people were suffering from
chronic kidney disease, and 37 people were in need of special medical
attention for kidney disease! Only 41 people were considered normal!

Why the majority of kidney disease victims did not notice their
declining kidney function?

In the case of Mr. A at 32 years old, he felt sudden severe headache
and palpitation. He seek medical attention and was diagnosed with
kidney disease. He had to go through a strict diet. However, after 6
years of hard life, he is now forced to undergo kidney dialysis. In
most cases of kidney disease, renal impairment is almost irreversible
and has a small chance of recovery.

EARLY SYMPTOMS OF KIDNEY DISEASE

As the kidney function decreases, symptoms will appear like headache,
weakness, dizziness, and low level of urination. Anemia,
hypertension, and frequent urination can also be counted. In many
cases, there are no signs of such symptoms at all.

According to medical information, apart from high blood sugar levels,
high blood pressure, eating fatty and salty foods, stress, cigarette
smoking, and bacterial infections can cause kidney disease. Also,
hard work or hard athletic exercise increases the blood flow and the
kidney cannot accommodate filtering the blood. It's also bad to take
a lot of milk or other sports drinks that might produce too much
protein as it may cause reduced kidney function.

Early detection of kidney disease can be done by urine test. At home,
you can simply use urine test strips. If the result is not as
expected, then, consult your doctor.

Happiness vs. Productivity

Here are the 10 most important reasons why happiness at work is the #1 productivity boosters.

1: Happy people work better with others
happy people are a lot more fun to be around and consequently have better relations at work.

This translates into:
Better teamwork with your colleagues
Better employee relations if you’re a manager
More satisfied customers if you’re in a service job
Improved sales if you’re a sales person

2: Happy people are more creative
if your productivity depends on being able to come up with new ideas, you need to be happy at work. Check out the research of Teresa Amiable for proof. She says:
If people are in a good mood on a given day, they’re more likely to have creative ideas that day, as well as the next day, even if we take into account their mood that next day.
There seems to be a cognitive process that gets set up when people are feeling good that leads to more flexible, fluent, and original thinking, and there’s actually a carryover, an incubation effect, to the next day.

3: Happy people fix problems instead of complaining about them
when you don’t like your job, every molehill looks like a mountain. It becomes difficult to fix any problem without agonizing over it or complaining about it first. When you’re happy at work and you run into a snafu - you just fix it.

4: Happy people have more energy
happy people have more energy and are therefore more efficient at everything they do.

5: Happy people are more optimistic
happy people have a more positive, optimistic outlook, and as research shows (particularly Martin Seligman’s work in positive psychology), optimists are way more successful and productive. It’s the old saying “Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t, you’re probably right” all over again.

6: Happy people are way more motivated
Low motivation means low productivity, and the only sustainable, reliable way to be motivated at work is to be happy and like what you do. I wrote about this in a previous post called why “motivation by pizza” doesn’t work.

7: Happy people get sick less often
getting sick is a productivity killer and if you don’t like your job you’re more prone to contract a long list of diseases including ulcers, cancer and diabetes. You’re also more prone to workplace stress and burnout.
One study assessed the impact of job strain on the health of 21,290 female nurses in the US and found that the women most at risk of ill health were those who didn’t like their jobs. The impact on their health was a great as that associated with smoking and sedentary lifestyles (source).

8: Happy people learn faster
when you’re happy and relaxed, you’re much more open to learning new things at work and thereby increasing your productivity.

9: Happy people worry less about making mistakes - and consequently make fewer mistakes
when you’re happy at work the occasional mistake doesn’t bother you much. You pick yourself up, learn from it and move on. You also don’t mind admitting to others that you screwed up - you simply take responsibility, apologize and fix it. This relaxed attitude means that less mistakes are made, and that you’re more likely to learn from them.

10: Happy people make better decisions
unhappy people operate in permanent crisis mode. Their focus narrows, they lose sight of the big picture, their survival instincts kick in and they’re more likely to make short-term, here-and-now choices. Conversely, happy people make better, more informed decisions and are better able to prioritize their work.

The upshot
Think back to a situation where you felt that you were at peak performance. A situation where your output was among the highest and bests it’s ever been. I’m willing to bet that you were working at something that made you happy.
Something that you loved doing.
There’s a clear link between happiness at work and productivity.
This only leaves the question of causation: Does being productive make us happy or does being happy make us productive? The answer is, of course, yes! The link goes both ways.