Get To Know How To Prevent Chronic Nephritis

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1. What is chronic nephritis

Chronic glomerulonephritis, abbreviated as chronic nephritis, refers to proteinuria, hematuria, hypertension, and edema as the basic clinical manifestations. The onset mode is different, the disease is protracted, the disease progresses slowly, and renal function can be reduced to varying degrees, and eventually will develop A group of glomerulopathy for chronic renal failure. Due to the different pathological types and stages of the disease in this group, the main clinical manifestations are different, and the disease manifestations are diverse. Late winter and early spring are the seasons of the high incidence of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal diseases. Kidney diseases are no exception, especially chronic nephritis, which is prone to recurring. A substantial drop in temperature will affect human immunity, and if a patient with chronic nephritis catches a cold, the disease will recur on the same day or the next day. Therefore, patients must pay attention to keeping warm to prevent colds. At the same time, when the weather is cold, the excretion of metabolic wastes through the skin decreases, so the metabolic burden on the kidneys increases significantly compared with other periods, which is one of the reasons why patients with chronic nephritis are prone to repeated illness.

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2. How to properly prevent nephritis

1 Avoid using nephrotoxic drugs

Protect the kidneys, and avoid using nephrotoxic drugs. When people with nephritis go to the doctor due to another physical discomfort, they should tell the doctor about the history of nephritis to avoid receiving nephrotoxic drugs; usually, avoid taking tetracycline, use less antipyretic analgesics, and use aminosugar with caution glycoside antibiotics.

2. Control blood pressure

Familiarize yourself with your condition and grasp the key to treatment 2. Care about your condition changes and control the factors that increase the burden on the kidneys People with kidney disease often have high blood pressure, and high blood pressure is a factor that increases the burden on the kidneys. Blood pressure and renal function should be measured regularly to detect blood pressure Elevated, timely medication, and perseverance, to control blood pressure within the normal range.

3. Have a reasonable diet

What should I do if I have nephritis? For patients with chronic nephritis, diet therapy is very important, because overeating will increase the burden on the kidneys, and long-term high-protein diets will promote glomerulosclerosis, so protein intake should be limited.

4. Life should have rules

How to avoid excessive fatigue In order to maintain a good physique, you must have a regular life, but a fast pace of life. Appropriate exercise should be done, and the amount of exercise should be moderate to sweating. Do not participate in dramatic sports. You should also pay attention to avoiding cold and dampness in life.

3. Chronic nephritis is extremely easy to recur. 

Patients with chronic nephritis should avoid colds

1. Incomplete treatment or inappropriate treatment methods: Many patients with acute and chronic nephritis have not received systematic formal treatment at all, and some even use nephrotoxic drugs: amino-type drugs, gentamicin, kanamycin, and treatment with streptomycin. This is not only not conducive to treatment, but to a large extent aggravated the disease.

2. When using the drug, stop the drug blindly. If the treatment method is appropriate, stop the drug as soon as you think your disease is getting better. This condition is also a cause of recurrent chronic nephritis. Many people do not have enough awareness of kidney disease. They think that after a period of treatment, if there are no obvious symptoms, they will neglect the treatment or simply stop the treatment, thinking that their kidney disease is effectively treated. In fact, no matter what the disease is after the symptoms of the body disappear, it must go through a period of consolidation treatment. Therefore, many patients with acute and chronic nephritis, although asymptomatic, are prone to relapse.

3. Insufficient prevention and careless diet: Do not follow the doctor's instructions to prevent and formulate a diet. In the daily diet, eating too much sodium salt and high potassium diet increases the burden on the kidneys and heart. Overwork: Overwork, night driving, and even sexual fatigue can make chronic nephritis worse.

4. The treatment of chronic nephritis remedies

Astragalus: Astragalus is a qi-tonifying drug that can enhance immunity, lower blood pressure, eliminate proteinuria, increase the permeability of glomerular filtration membranes, and improve glomerular function. Usage: Sunburn Astragalus 30g ~ 60g, decocted in water and served in 2 doses, 1 dose per day. Or cook it together with 100 grams of japonica rice into porridge and eat it in the morning and evening. Especially suitable for nephritis with hypertension and proteinuria.

Corn silk: a diuretic medicine, containing fatty oils, volatile oils, alkaloids, and other ingredients, has a strong diuretic effect and can inhibit the excretion of protein. Usage: 60 grams to 120 grams of corn silk, decocted in water and taken in 2 times or as a tea substitute, 1 dose a day, can be used for 6 months. It is especially suitable for edema and proteinuria of nephritis.

Leech: It belongs to the medicine of promoting blood circulation. Pharmacology has confirmed that fresh leech contains hirudin, heparin, antithrombotic, protein, etc., which can hinder blood coagulation, thereby significantly improving the blood coagulation status of the kidneys and promoting the recovery of patients. Usage: Take some fresh leeches, air dry, pulverize them into powder, sieve, take 2 grams each time, 2 to 3 times a day, can be used for 2 to 3 months. It is especially suitable for those with hematuria and proteinuria due to nephritis.

Galla japonica: It is an astringent and astringent medicine, which can reduce the loss of protein in the urine of patients with nephritis. Usage: A few gall seeds, ground into a fine powder, put into capsules, 3 to 4 capsules per serving, 2 times a day. It is especially suitable for those with proteinuria and hematuria due to nephritis.

Motherwort: It is a medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It contains alkaloids such as motherwort and stachydine, as well as benzoic acid and potassium chloride. Decrease and other effects, especially in diuresis and swelling. Usage: Motherwort 90 grams to 120 grams, add water to decoct and take it in 2 to 3 times or drink it as tea. It is especially suitable for those with high blood pressure and edema of nephritis.

In addition, the single-flavor traditional Chinese medicines Hentai, Chuanxiong, Cordyceps Sinensis, Cistanche, Pueraria, Cimicifuga, Dilong, etc. also have certain effects.