Patient: description of illness (onset, main symptoms, hospitalization, etc.): Calf and neck of foot swell, eyes swell in the morning! Delayed menstruation! Legs hurt at night in bed! Recently went to do a routine urine test, the test results, red blood cells and epithelial cells are high, urine protein 1 + would like to know how to treat! What kind of medicine should I take and what should I pay attention to! Xiao Lan, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiangya Third Hospital, Central South University: Nephropathy is not a single disease, there are a variety of causes and pathogenesis, if it starts in the kidneys themselves, it is called primary nephropathy, and if it is part of the systemic systemic disease, it is called secondary nephropathy. Acute nephritis usually lasts for 3 months, with hematuria, proteinuria, edema, hypertension as the main manifestations, and may have transient azotemia, which is mostly seen 1-4 weeks after streptococcal or other pathogenic microbial infections, and has a good prognosis, and can be cured in most cases. Chronic nephritis is usually more than 3 months, with edema, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, renal function impairment as the main manifestations, the condition of delay, slow progress, and will eventually develop into chronic renal failure, but due to the different types of disease pathology, the main manifestations of the differences, the prognosis is not exactly the same. There is also a kind of cryptoglomerulonephritis, which is characterized by asymptomatic proteinuria (3.5 g/24 hours, hypoproteinemia, obvious edema, hyperlipidemia) and so on. Xiao Lan, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiangya Third Hospital, Central South University You need to confirm the diagnosis of the disease as soon as possible in the nephrology department of the regular hospital, so that timely diagnosis, treatment and control, otherwise, if it is a chronic nephritis with a bad type of pathology then it may slowly develop into renal failure uremia. If it is chronic nephritis, western medicine treatment needs to clarify the cause and typing (need to do renal puncture pathological examination), according to the pathological diagnosis to develop individualized treatment plan. Chinese medicine is very advantageous in the treatment of chronic kidney disease, especially in the early and middle stage of chronic renal failure, hematuria, proteinuria, etc. If the western medicine is not effective, it is recommended to choose the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine or simple Chinese medicine treatment. Precautions: 1, avoid all kinds of infections, otherwise it will aggravate the condition or make the cured kidney disease relapse; 2, pay attention to give high calorie, high vitamin, high quality protein, low fat, light diet, high blood pressure should be low-salt and limit the Na, moderate drinking water does not hold the urine; 3, life and work routine, avoid smoking and drinking; 4, avoid taking nephrotoxic renal damage medicines, do not take health care products blindly, such as protein powder; 5, regular checkups, timely medical treatment; 6, Preserve a healthy, positive and optimistic mindset.