Can you soak your feet in chronic nephritis?

The vast majority of patients with chronic nephritis can soak their feet, but the water temperature should not be too high. Foot soaking can speed up blood circulation in the body, which may have some benefits for the kidneys, so nephritis patients are encouraged to soak their feet. But the following two conditions of patients, it is not recommended to apply too hot water soaking feet. One, diabetic nephropathy patients, diabetic nephropathy patients are generally combined with peripheral neuropathy, at this time, the patient’s foot skin temperature sensation is reduced, while the sense of pain is also reduced, the patient is not sensitive to water temperature, there is a risk of burns. Even if a normal person feels the normal temperature, serious burns may occur. Second, there is a high degree of edema patients are not recommended foot soaking, when the patient’s skin is thin, foot soaking can easily lead to a variety of skin infections.