Six tips to prevent and treat kidney disease

  For kidney disease, we call on the whole society, to pay attention and attention to the prevention and treatment of kidney disease, to this end, the following six points: 1, early detection: early detection is the key to early diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease. The earliest symptoms of each kidney patient can vary, often because there is no specificity, often ignored or mistaken for other diseases. For high-risk groups should be given full attention, such as the elderly; patients with hypertension, diabetes, obesity or metabolic syndrome; patients who repeatedly use various drugs; and those with a family history of chronic kidney disease are at high risk of developing kidney disease and should be consciously screened early for early detection.  If there is loss of energy; puffiness of the face and ankles (especially obvious in the morning); more nocturia; fine foam in the urine; thick tea-colored urine or washed flesh water-like; elevated blood pressure, it is often possible that the stage of nephritis nephropathy, to actively seek medical attention. If you have the following symptoms, you should be highly alert: poor appetite, nausea and vomiting; bad breath or ammonia in the mouth; pale or dark face; dry and itchy skin; leg cramps; obvious weakness, rest does not relieve; inability to focus, headaches, sleep disorders, often may have been the stage of significant decline in kidney function.  2, often check: regardless of the presence of kidney disease or other diseases, but also to do an annual health checkup, physical examination of the population can often find proteinuria, microscopic hematuria or metabolic abnormalities, elevated blood urea nitrogen or creatinine, ultrasound changes in the size and shape of both kidneys, so that you can seek medical attention in a timely manner.  For patients who already have nephritis or kidney failure, it is more important to have regular checkups, never just take medication without checkups all year round, which is a very dangerous behavior, because the kidney’s compensatory capacity is very strong, only regular laboratory tests can detect changes in kidney function earlier, and make corresponding adjustments to the treatment plan.  For nephritis nephrotic syndrome or other kidney diseases that have been clinically cured, it is also necessary to check urinary routine, kidney function, ultrasound both kidneys every 6 months or once a year.  3, careful use of drugs: The vast majority of drugs are metabolized and excreted through the kidneys, therefore, the kidneys are vulnerable to drug damage. Regardless of whether there is kidney damage, drugs should be used with caution, such as aminoglycoside antibiotics, antipyretic and analgesic drugs, iodine-containing contrast agents, etc. should not be used arbitrarily. If you have a cold, do not immediately take antibiotics, because almost all colds are caused by viruses, you should drink more water, rest properly, or take Banlangen, Xiao Chai Hu punch, of course, Chinese medicine must also identify the evidence, not a thousand people.  4, smart treatment: most kidney diseases are chronic and difficult diseases, the treatment of Chinese medicine is very effective and indispensable.  For example, for nephrotic syndrome, combined with the pathology, while using hormones or cytotoxic drugs, according to the diagnosis of the administration of tonics, can play a synergistic effect, reduce the toxic side effects of hormones or cytotoxic drugs, to ensure the completion of the hormone course of action, the effect is better than the use of hormones or cytotoxic drugs alone. For cases where hormones are ineffective, Chinese medicine can achieve better clinical efficacy through treatments such as “tonic”, “astringent” and “clearing and activating blood”. For chronic renal failure, intractable urinary tract infection, diabetic nephropathy and other secondary kidney disease, Chinese medicine also has a very good effect.  5, anti-change: nephrotic syndrome is prone to complications such as infection, thrombosis or embolism, acute renal failure, disorders of lipid or protein metabolism, etc., and once they occur, they should be given timely and appropriate treatment. In the process of using hormones or cytotoxic drugs, to prevent the emergence of various toxic side effects, appropriate adjuvant drugs can be included in the identification of tonics to play a preventive and therapeutic role.  For example, herbal medicines for clearing heat and detoxification or clearing damp-heat can reduce the hormone-induced medically induced Cox’s side effects; herbal medicines for harmonizing the stomach and strengthening the spleen can reduce the stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract by hormones, etc.; herbal medicines for benefiting the kidney and filling the essence can prevent the excessive suppression of the bone marrow and the normal immunity of the body by immunosuppressants. For cases that have been clinically cured, we should pay attention to daily health care to prevent relapse due to food, labor and medicine.  6, keep effective formula: for various chronic kidney diseases to achieve long-term results, the most important thing is to adhere to treatment. Such as chronic renal failure, especially in the early and middle stages, because there are no symptoms or symptoms are not obvious, after a stage of treatment, patients often paralyze, no longer pay attention to or because of long-term medication and tired, self-medication or stop seeking medical treatment, and the rapid progress of the disease, and had to dialysis treatment. From the economic point of view, delaying dialysis for one year can save more than 50,000 yuan. Therefore, various kidney diseases, including chronic renal failure, must be guarded, and effective prescription drugs that can make the condition lessen or stabilize should be taken consistently for a long time.