A great summary of common problems with nephrotic syndrome

1.How to determine that you are suffering from nephrotic syndrome: A: Patients with nephrotic syndrome have the following three main changes: 1, the amount of urine appears to be a sudden decrease or a steep increase. 2, patients will inexplicably appear to appear back pain. 3.Part of the patients will appear edema. Once there are these kinds of abnormalities please go to the hospital as soon as possible to do the examination program. 2.What is good for nephrotic syndrome patients to eat? A: Low salt, low fat, high quality low protein and high vitamin diet. Avoid spicy and hairy food. Eat more vitamin-rich fresh vegetables and fruits, such as spinach, capers, lemon and so on. Fruits containing high potassium and sodium should be banned, such as: bananas, citrus, oranges, hawthorn, peaches, orange juice, persimmons, watermelon, tomatoes, apples and so on, because hyperkalemia can lead to sudden death of patients with nephrotic syndrome, and high sodium intake will aggravate the patients’ renal failure, which must be remembered to remember. 3.What is three highs and one low? A: “Three highs”: high degree of edema, high proteinuria, hyperlipidemia, “one low”: hypoproteinemia. 4. What are the causes of recurrent nephrotic syndrome? A: There are two reasons that can cause the condition to recur, one is that patients try to take as little prednisone as possible to take drugs that are harmful to the kidneys. Nephrotic syndrome patients take prednisone for a long time, their own adrenal glands will appear the phenomenon of cortical atrophy. Secondly, the use of medication is not standardized, some nephrotic syndrome patients’ family members to shorten the course of treatment, once the swelling disappears, proteinuria disappeared on their own discontinue the use of hormones, or change to take traditional Chinese medicine. This practice is very easy to cause relapse, but also may make the hormone therapy becomes ineffective. 5.Why do most nephrotic syndrome patients get more and more serious? A: Taking hormone is a common method for many nephrotic syndrome patients in treatment. However, hormone therapy is only to relieve the occurrence of nephrotic syndrome, the underlying disease can not play a big role, but in order to temporarily relieve the condition, moderate intake of hormones, short-term treatment is possible. But don’t blindly think that hormone therapy can achieve the effect of total cure. In order to have a better treatment, you have to understand your own condition so that you can have a systematic treatment. 6.Can nephrotic syndrome give birth? A: In the early stage of the disease, timely treatment, you can have children, but if it is accompanied by uremia or severe hypoproteinemia, you can not have children, usually after two years of recovery from nephrotic syndrome you can have children, but among the patients with nephrotic syndrome, men and women have different impacts on their bodies. During pregnancy, it is best not to take any medication to avoid the appearance of deformed children.