every day we are facing challenges on our jobs at school in our families and our personal lives our ability to manage stress determines how well we cope with lifes challenges we must understand how to respond and deal with challenges to reduce their harmful after effects some things that may be extremely stressful to one person may have little or no effect on someone else some people are motivated and energized by certain challenges while others become anxious and nervousbut have you ever tried to know how stress affects your body well it is a well known fact that staying tense and stressed about things can extract stress tax from your pair of kidneykidneys which filter out bodys daily waste metabolite are more susceptible to the harmful effects of excessive stress effective stress management is therefore necessary in order to preserve kidney healthnow a days nephrologist has begun to examine sociologic and psychological factors potentially contributing to the incidence and progression of chronic kidney disease and its complications the number of scientific investigation found relationship between nonbiologic factors and kidney disease journal of investigative medicine revealed that the social environment is an important factor in the road map from chronic kidney disease risk factors to chronic kidney disease and endstage renal disease stress has 3 major non biologic forms ie major life events chronic strains and daily hassles all has bad effect on ones health the person in abrupt stress calamities requires considerable behavioural modification over a relatively short period of time eg death of a loved one divorce loss of a jobstress can give rise to hypertension and since high blood pressure is one of the leading causes of kidney disease your normal kidney function get disturbed stress can worsen your diabetes and often is the reason for uncontrolled blood sugar continuous high blood sugar level acts as risk factor behind chronic kidney disease the kidneys play such an important role in the body these are precious beans dont allow your kidneys to shrink under stress ref1 j investig med 2009 apr5745839 2 adv chronic kidney dis 2015 jan 221 4653the article has been contributed bydr manish mali md dnb nephro consultant nephrologist transplant physician dr malis kidney care puneemail drmanishmaligmailcomdisclaimer the views and opinions expressed by the doctors are their independent professional judgment and we do not take any responsibility for the accuracy of their views this should not be considered as a substitute for physicians advice please consult your treating physician for more details