Membranous nephrotic syndrome stage II leg swelling is not allowed to hot compress, otherwise it may lead to edema aggravation.
Membranous nephropathy is an autoimmune glomerular disease, the main clinical symptoms can be manifested as a large amount of proteinuria, hypoproteinemia, edema and hyperlipidemia, etc. It is mainly caused by the glomerular epithelial immune complexes deposition, which leads to the filtration barrier damage.
Most of the patients with membranous nephropathy have the problem of edema, and severe patients even have pleural effusion, ascites, etc. When lower limb edema occurs, it is considered to be related to hypoproteinemia caused by large amount of proteinuria, and the patients should pay attention to low-salt and low-fat diets, and the daily sodium intake of adults is about 2 to 3 grams.
For edema patients can not be hot compresses, you need to use ACEI or ARB drug therapy under the guidance of a doctor, such as enalapril maleate, valsartan, etc.; the application of hormone and immunosuppressant therapy, such as prednisone acetate and tacrolimus, etc.; at the same time, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to oral diuretic drugs, such as furosemide, to reduce swelling.
It is recommended that patients with membranous nephropathy should consult the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor’s regular medication, not to reduce or stop the medication without authorization, and follow the doctor’s instructions for regular review and adjustment of the drug dosage, so as not to aggravate the condition.