Proper Diet Suggestion for Nephrotic Syndrome patients

As we all know, a reasonable diet is not only beneficial for patients’ health, but also plays an important role of slowing down the progression of nephritic syndrome. However, in our daily life, some kidney disease  patients do not pay attention to their diet, therefore, here, our expert will give you some useful diet suggestion.

1. Sodium Intake
If nephritic syndrome patients have serious edema, on this occasion, a low sodium diet is recommended greatly to them. In general, a reasonable amount of sodium is less than 2g everyday.

2. Protein Intake
In the stage of nephritic syndrome, patients must pay close attention to the protein intake as both high protein intake and low protein intake are harmful. On the one hand, high protein intake can increase urine protein of nephritic syndrome patients and worsen kidney condition. On the other hand, low protein intake may affect patients’ physical condition and the resistance of patients will decrease as well. So finding out how much of protein to ingest everyday is so vital for nephritic syndrome patients.

3.  Fat Intake
Generally speaking, nephritic syndrome patients always have hyperlipemia, thus they should limit animal offal and some seafood which are rich in cholesterol and fat strictly.

4. Microelement
As we all know that fresh fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamin and microelement, so patients with nephritic syndrome should take appropriate fruits and vegetables in order to supplement the missing microelement.

Nephrotic syndrome can be caused by a number of different diseases.

　　Nephrotic syndrome can be caused by a number of different diseases. The common mechanism which seems to cause damage involves the immune system. For some reason, the immune system seems to become directed against the person’s own kidney. The glomeruli become increasingly leaky as various substances from the immune system are deposited within the kidney. A number of different kidney disorders are associated with nephrotic syndrome, including:
　　• minimal change disease or MCD (responsible for about 80% of nephrotic syndrome in children, and about 20% in adults) MCD is a disorder of the glomeruli
　　• focal glomerulosclerosis
　　• membranous glomerulopathy
　　• membranoproliferative glomerulonephropathy Other types of diseases can also result in nephritic syndrome. These include diabetes, sickle-cell anemia, amyloidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis, leukemia, lymphoma, cancer of the breast, colon, and stomach, reactions to drugs (including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, lithium, and street heroine), allergic reactions (to insect stings, snake venom, and poison ivy), infections (malaria, various bacteria, hepatitis

　　B, herpes zoster, and the virus which causes AIDS), and severe high blood pressure. The first symptom of nephrotic syndrome is often foamy urine. As the syndrome progresses, swelling (edema) is noticed in the eyelids, hands, feet, knees, scrotum, and abdomen. The patient feels increasingly weak and fatigued. Appetite is greatly decreased. Over time, the loss of protein causes the muscles to become weak andsmall (called muscle wasting). The patient may note abdominal pain and difficulty breathing. Because the kidneys are involved in blood pressure regulation, abnormally low or abnormally high blood pressure may develop.