The current global incidence of chronic kidney disease is increasing, and the public generally lacks knowledge about the prevention and treatment of the disease, and many people have misconceptions about kidney disease, making many simple conditions complicated, resulting in delayed treatment or aggravation of the disease, and some use inappropriate treatment measures to promote the deterioration of the disease. Here it is necessary to propose to correct, in favor of the treatment of kidney patients. Myth 1: More antibiotics Some patients equate nephritis with general inflammatory diseases (such as pneumonia, enteritis, cystitis, etc.) and commonly use antibiotic treatment. The result is not only no obvious effect, but sometimes make the symptoms of nephritis worse. In fact, there is a fundamental difference between the two, nephritis is caused by abnormal immune system, while inflammatory diseases are caused by bacterial infection, the latter can be treated with antibiotics, while the treatment of the former is mainly to remove antigenic substances and prevent abnormal immune response, mainly can be used immunosuppressants, etc., while it is not effective at all for antibiotics. On the other hand many antibiotics are more or less accompanied by nephrotoxicity, if abused without indications, it can cause antibiotic kidney damage and aggravate kidney lesions. The second misconception: believe in prescriptions After getting a disease not to the regular hospital treatment, but to use “prescriptions”. The so-called “prescriptions” are the accumulated experience of previous people. Some of them have cured some cases, but the mechanism of treatment needs to be confirmed by modern medical knowledge and methods. The actual fact is that there are a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on this. The reason why nephritis patients can’t just use “prescriptions” is because there are dozens to hundreds of different kinds of nephritis, and the causes, nature and severity of the lesions of different kinds of nephritis are completely different, and the treatment methods are also very different, so using a “prescription” to treat all types of kidney disease is obviously inappropriate; furthermore, some herbal medicines The abuse of some herbs, such as antibiotics and aristolochia, may aggravate the kidney lesions. The folklore says that nephritis patients should avoid salt for 100 days, but in fact there is no scientific reason. The actual fact is that salt is an essential element of the body’s tissue metabolism, and many of the body’s physiological functions rely heavily on the participation of such substances. Normally, if there is no obvious swelling and hypertension, 3-5 grams of salt should be supplemented daily; for those with severe edema or hypertension, salt intake can be reduced appropriately, 1-3 grams per day is appropriate. A complete ban on salt is not advisable. Myth 4: Eat kidneys to nourish the kidneys Some people think that eating animal kidneys can nourish the kidneys of the self, which is actually a misconception. Although the protein content of animal kidneys is high, but should not be eaten, because such foods, in addition to cholesterol, purine content is also high, they not only do not play a nutritional role, but to increase the burden on the kidneys, causing adverse consequences. Misconception five: water ban Many kidney disease patients do not want to drink more water, fearing that the increase in urine after drinking water to increase the load on the kidneys. In fact, the opposite, the body’s daily metabolites are dependent on urine to bring out of the body, if you drink little water, the lack of urine will cause the body’s waste accumulation, increasing the burden on the kidneys. The fact is, nephritis is not only curable, but the majority of them can be cured or completely controlled. The reason for this misconception is that the symptoms of nephritis itself are hidden and not easily detected in the early stages, when a large amount of kidney tissue is irreversibly damaged and functionally lost before going to the doctor, it is too late; secondly, the basic pathogenesis of kidney disease is ignored, and some patients have their symptoms relieved after treatment, neglecting the maintenance period of treatment and follow-up, but at this time the disease is still chronic and prolonged, when feeling unwell again to go to the doctor. The nature of the disease has changed essentially when they feel unwell and go to the clinic again. Therefore, every kidney disease patient, regardless of the condition, should regularly go to a regular specialist hospital for review, under the guidance of a specialist for the best treatment, is the best care for the kidneys.