What to do if your face is swollen with kidney disease

The treatment of facial edema in nephropathy includes symptomatic and causal treatment. For symptomatic treatment, diuretics can be considered to reduce edema; for causal treatment, the primary disease should be actively treated. 1. Symptomatic treatment: facial edema is a common symptom of nephropathy, if the edema is serious, you can choose furosemide, torasemide and other drugs as prescribed by the doctor to reduce edema by diuretics. 2. Causal treatment: Generally, according to the quantification of urinary protein, the type of pathological damage and renal function, we can choose ACEI drugs such as captopril to control proteinuria. If the condition is serious, glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone can be used, and sometimes combined with immunosuppressants such as cyclophosphamide and tacrolimus are needed. It is recommended that patients with facial edema in nephropathy should go to nephrology department in time and take active treatment under doctor’s guidance, avoiding self-medication.