How Is Nephritis Caused

Many people know the disease of nephritis, but many people may not be particularly clear about the cause of nephritis. There are many reasons for nephritis, but different patients and different living environments have different causes of the disease. However, it is necessary to properly understand some of the causes of nephritis for our usual preventive work. So, what is the cause of nephritis?

Infectious factors, the common cause of nephritis is a bacterial infection, such as a virus, parasitic infection, etc., the most common is upper respiratory tract infection, and upper respiratory tract infection is also one of the important causes of nephritis.

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Virus infection. Virus infection is the main cause of nephritis. Viruses can directly invade kidney tissue, and can also use viruses as antigens to cause immune complexes such as nephritis, influenza virus, and mumps virus. , hepatitis virus, measles virus, chickenpox virus, etc. These can lead to the occurrence of nephritis.

Bacteria, bacteria are one of the causes of nephritis. Bacterial infection is mainly related to upper respiratory tract infection, skin infection, hemolytic streptococcus infection such as scarlet fever, etc. Other bacterial infections such as grapevine Coccus infection, pneumonia diplococcus infection, typhoid bacillus, etc. The direct consequence of these bacterial infections is the occurrence of nephritis.

Many other factors cause nephritis, such as hepatitis, gout, malignant tumor, etc., which may cause nephritis.

Genetic factors. In the past, many people thought that hereditary kidney diseases were rare, but in recent years, there are many patients with hereditary nephritis. Therefore, genetic factors are also one of the causes of nephritis.

Over-fatigue causes nephritis, over-fatigue causes the body's immunity to decline and causes a great burden on the kidneys, especially the factors of long-term night work or frequent sexual life are the factors that cause nephritis.

The abuse of some drugs with relatively large toxic side effects, such as gentamicin, amino drugs, kanamycin, streptomycin, etc., may cause nephritis.

In short, many factors cause nephritis, and some of them can be prevented. However, don't be too pessimistic even if you suffer from nephritis. Generally, you can recover as long as you can treat it in time in the early stage of nephritis. However, to avoid recurrence in the later stage, you should pay attention to good care in your daily life.

Nephritis diet should pay attention to what?

The formation of nephritis is closely related to people's living habits and eating habits. Therefore, patients with nephritis need to pay more attention to dietary problems during treatment. Excessive amounts of some elements can lead to aggravation of inflammation and other complications. Therefore, patients with nephritis should know what to pay attention to in their diet.

Beware of excessive potassium ions, because potassium ions cannot be excreted by severely damaged kidneys, which can cause "hyperkalemia", which may cause numbness in fingers, fatigue, weakness in limbs, chest tightness, tongue stiffness, difficulty speaking, loss of consciousness, severe cases Arrhythmia or cardiac arrest. Causes of hyperkalemia include insufficient dialysis; loss of appetite; constipation; consumption of potassium-rich foods, and potassium-rich vegetables. High potassium vegetables (not suitable): green leafy vegetables (such as spinach, spinach, amaranth, lettuce), mushrooms, seaweed, kelp, carrots, and potatoes. High-potassium fruits (not suitable): bananas, tomatoes, dates, oranges, diced oranges, mangoes, persimmons, cantaloupe, grapefruit, and star fruit (easy to burp), it is recommended to use one fruit or at a time, and the amount is about 1/6 should. Low-potassium fruits (suitable but not many): pineapple, papaya, watermelon, pear, strawberry, lemon, etc., but they should not be eaten in large quantities.

Eat less food containing "aluminum and purines" to avoid aluminum poisoning and gout, high-aluminum diet (inappropriate): tea; cheese; tea; High purine diet (not suitable): Gravy; Lentils; Thick broth; Lean meat, duck; Brains; Mushrooms; Offal (liver, kidney, heart); Sardines; Eel; Asparagus.

Soft food should be avoided, and hard food and fried food should be avoided. In patients with chronic renal failure, the gastrointestinal mucosa is often congested and eroded due to the retention of toxins in the body and the disturbance of blood microcirculation, such as eating hard food, fried food such as sesame cake candy, fried noodles, etc. (not suitable)

The diet should be light, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and be cautious when eating dog, sheep, beef, and other meat products. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dog meat, mutton, and beef (it is better not to eat) are hair products, which are easy to cause disease recurrence or aggravation.

Through understanding, patients with nephritis have an understanding of the problems of nephritis diet, and they should pay attention to these dietary problems during treatment. But for some people who have not yet been ill, this is also what everyone needs to know, and it is also helpful to prevent the occurrence of nephritis. However, when nephritis occurs, regular treatment is still required.

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