The main function of the kidney is to filter blood in the body. They also remove waste products from the body and control the body fluid balance. 

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It has another structure called the bladder which collects waste in form of water which is then taken out of the body as urine. 

Many people have problems with their kidneys for many reasons. Depending on the bad things you eat, drink or smoke, your kidneys will fail when their tiny small filters called nephrons will stop to function.

Kidney failure could be as a result of the failure of kidney nephrons which make the base for all the kidneys function. 

However, a human being’s kidney will still work with only 10% of his/her kidney functioning. More so, one kidney will work in the normal way, and a person with one kidney will live a normal life just like the other with two kidneys.

Here are 10 things you do that destroy your kidney:

1. Drinking too much alcohol

2. Not drinking enough water

3. Taking too much salt

4. Eating too much meat

5. Not eating enough

6. Painkiller abuse

7. Not resting enough

8. Prolonged insulin supplements

9. Not emptying your bladder early

10. Not treating common infections quickly and properly