Nephritis in Children

Nephritis in children, which also can be called Pediatric Nephritis in clinic, usually refers to the glomerulonephritis. It is more common in children with age from six to nine and is a kind of diffuse and non-purulent disease showing in bilateral kidneys.

In terms of Nephritis in children, sufferers usually have infection such as acute amygdalitis and skin pustule one to four weeks before the occurrence of this disease. In the very beginning of Nephritis, children may have low fever, dizziness, vomit and anorexia. These symptoms have nothing different from the general fever or infection, so they are easy to be ignored. Besides, swelling (edema) and reduced urine are the two characteristics of Nephritis in children, so if your child or some children you know have these symptoms, then timely examination should be given. Usually, swelling starts from the eyelids and then the whole body. With the appearance of swelling, urine volume decreases seriously. Furthermore, some children may have no urine at all. These conditions, say swelling and reduced urine, usually last for one to two weeks and later, swelling remits and urine volume increases. Besides, among children suffering from Nephritis, only a small part of them have gross hematuria, which makes their urine appear to be brown, tea-colored or red.

How to prevent PKD(Polycystic Kidney Disease)from developing into Renal Insufficiency? Effective measures can make it.
In western countries, doctors often apply puncture or operation, which can only eliminate cysts for a while and can not treat it fundamentally. In addition, patients with PKD(Polycystic Kidney Disease)may easily get infection. So more and more patients are seeking for a better treatment, which can treat PKD(Polycystic Kidney Disease)thoroughly and has no side effect.
Now this dream has come true. After more than 20 years’ trial and error, experts in  Kidney Disease Hospital researched out a brand new therapy based on traditional Chinese medicine: Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy.
Three processes how Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy go as follows:
Firstly, invigorate the circulation of blood. By extending renal arteries, the groundwater increment of blood will increase, micro-circulation in the body can be improved. In this way, the permeability of cyst wall will increase, the reabsorption of sac liquid will be increase, which can shrink the cysts.
Secondly, clear away the stasis and immune complex. Degrade the fibrosis and the deterioration chain which is caused by renal fibrosis.
Thirdly, repair the damaged intrinsic cells and rebuild normal renal function.

A 50 Year-Old Renal Insufficiency Patient Recovers

Two years ago, Mr Wang got a cold in winter, and found protein in urine. Then, he went to the local hospital and was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. Through another examination, he also was told to have high blood pressure. What’s worse, high blood pressure has lasted for 8 years, which caused kidney disease. So with doctor’s guidance, he took treatment, which was mainly about western medicine and western therapy. Two months later, after an examination, the report showed the protein in urine was negative, so he discharge from the local hospital and went on to work again.
Unfortunately, four months ago, due to being tired and getting a cold, Mr Wang got sick again. He went to Kidney Disease Hospital. Before discharging in our hospital, he had a series of physical examination.
The report was as follows: oliguria, edema in legs, blood pressure: 170/95mmHg. The eyelids had edema as well. Renal function examination showed that BUN:18mmol/L, Cr:387umol/L, UA 700umol/L, Hb80g/L, protein in urine: two pluses. The B ultrasound showed that the two kidney shrinked. So he was diagnosed with Renal Failure with high blood pressure.

Diabetic Nephropathy can not be found out at early stage. Once it is found, it has often been in advanced stage and has deteriorated. So which factors lead to Diabetic Nephropathy? They are as follows:
The first factor is the abnormal renal haemodynamics. Renal haemodynamics plays a critical role in the coming into being of Diabetic Nephropathy.
The second factor is high blood sugar. In most cases, the occurrence of Diabetic Nephropathy is related to high blood sugar.
The third factor is high blood pressure. High blood pressure has no direct connection with Diabetic Nephropathy.
The fourth factor is genetic factors. People whose parents have had Diabetic Nephropathy are more likely to have Diabetic Nephropathy compared with those whose parents do not have Diabetic Nephropathy.
The fifth factor is the increased blood viscosity and the block of micro-circulation.
The sixth factor is high protein diet. It is also a factor which can bring more burden to the kidney, and cause vicious circle. So for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy, the intake of protein should not be more than 40g.
The last factor is hyperlipidemia, which is common among those with Diabetic Nephropathy. Hyperlipidemia can promote the renal glomerular sclerosis and accelerate the development of Diabetic Nephropathy.

Chronic Kidney Disease Caused by Diabetic Nephropathy

At present, it is generally believed that Chronic Kidney Disease caused by Diabetic Nephropath has many causes including metabolism disorder, abnormal secretion, haemodynamics change and capillaries change. It is said that the coming into being of Chronic Kidney Disease caused by Diabetic Nephropath is connected with gene, insulin, glucagon, abnormal growth hormone enlarged kidney. The majority hold the idea that metabolism disorder influences the basilar, and makes their elements change. So the basilar membrane increases and the permeability of capillaries become width. In this case, Chronic Kidney Disease caused by Diabetic Nephropath comes into being.
Chronic Kidney Disease caused by Diabetic Nephropath is a common complication of Diabetes. 15% of patients with type 2 Diabetes are likely to suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease caused by Diabetic Nephropath. In recent years, more younger people tend to have Chronic Kidney Disease caused by Diabetic Nephropath. So effective treatment is necessary or else it may develop into renal failure.

Suggestions to People with Chronic Kidney Disease

As Chronic Kidney Disease is not easy to be found in the early stage, so some people usually are diagnosed with early kidney failure once there are some obvious symptoms. With damaged kidneys, do you know what you should attach importance to? If no, please have a look about the following several suggests which may go a long way towards helping control your disease.

Suggestion one: People with Chronic Kidney Disease obviously have large amount of proteinuria. Our body needs protein every day for growth, building muscles and repairing tissues. After our body uses the protein ingested by us in the diet, urea which is a waste product will be made. For people with Chronic Kidney Disease, their kidneys may not be able to get rid of these waste products smoothly. Therefore, people with Chronic Kidney Disease may need to reduce the amount of protein they ingest to avoid the buildup of urea in their body.

Suggestion two: As kidneys are damaged, people suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease should limit the intake of phosphorus as well. Normally, extra phosphorus is removed by our kidneys and since kidneys lose the excretion ability, then the level of phosphorus in our blood will become high. High level of phosphorus will cause us to lose calcium from our bones and make them break easily. Therefore, to strengthen their body, people with Chronic Kidney Disease should avoid ingesting too much phosphorus.

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What is nephtitis ?

Nephritis refers to inflammation of one or both kidneys. It can be caused by infection, but is most commonly caused by autoimmune disorders that affect the major organs. For example, those with lupus are at a much higher risk for developing nephritis. In rare cases nephritis can be genetically inherited, though it may not present in childhood.
Nephritis is a serious medical condition which is the ninth highest cause of human death. As the kidneys inflame, they begin to excrete needed protein from the body into the urinestream. This condition is called proteinuria. Loss of necessary protein due to nephritis can result in several life-threatening symptoms. Most dangerous in cases of nephritis is the loss of protein that keeps blood from clotting. This can result in blood clots causing sudden stroke.
Nephritis causes additional problems like water retention, as the kidneys cannot function properly to rid the body of water. Water retention or edema, can further cause swelling of the feet, ankles, legs, and hands. This secondary symptom is usually treated with diuretics like Lasix, generic name furosemide, which can help to reduce edema and pain associated with swelling.
Primarily, nephritis tends to be treated with antibiotics and also occasionally with steroids, particularly in those cases thought to be caused by lupus. Nephritis is incurable when associated with lupus, but it can go into remission. Roughly half the cases associated with lupus, and with the inherited form of nephritis go into remission.

How to prevent chronic nephritis?

The prevent of chronic nephritis is the question that people care most, then how to prevent chronic nephritis? Following are the nots the experts in kidney disease hospital, let's go for it.
1. Enhanced physique
The main measures of preventing chronic nephritis are takeing exercise, enhance the ability of the body's resistance. There are many means of physical exercise, take a walk, run, dancing, mountain climbing, rowing, martial arts, qigong, taiji, etc, all contribute to enhanced physique and improve the body resistance, which can prevent infection virus bacteria immune response after the occurrence of sexual damage.
2. Prevent infection
Nephritis happened often relevant to the upper respiratory tract infection, often by cold, wind hot outside, rheumatism, damp and hot, hot poison for the beginning, therefore, to prevent the onset of glomerulonephritis, should pay attention to the change of the cold warm weather, should avoid to go out when it rains, sweaty when the windy days, wear damp clothes, keep a wary eye on the descent of the attacks.
3. Daily life is normal
Develop a good life habit, the health is very important. Because life is not in rules, and not enough sleep, eat and drink too much, work too recklessly, all can reduce the human body the attacks on the resistance, increase the opportunity which is sick, so, in daily life, should be combining exertion of timing, work and rest, in order to maintain a balance of Yin and Yang, the human body blood free.
4. Treated early when get disease
Skin sores furuncle itch rash, upper respiratory tract infection, recurrent tonsillitis, all change the possibility of life nephritis, so ill treated early is very necessary. Maintain the cleanness of body, frequently change sweater and pants, can prevent urinary tract infections; The maintain defecate unobstructed, defecate, which is helpful to the elimination of the metabolic waste.
5. Keep spirit optimistic
Should be vigilant the nephritis happen, but also cannot be pessimistic, but should be eliminate the disease terrorist psychology, from parents to learn the illness development, actively prevention. In addition, should strengthen the physical exercise at ordinary time.

People with Purpura: Protect Your Kidneys

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura is a common disease that aroused by the allergic reaction in capillaries, and the main causes are including infection, food allergy, drug allergy, and other allergies related with pollen and bugbite, etc. The exact causes is usually hard to be confirmed.

The clinical manifestations are also something you need to know. Usually, before the burst of the disease, there may be inflammation in the upper respiratory tract, and you will have slight fever, pain in throat and other malaise. The reflection in skin is the rashes which distribute symmetrically in the joint, buttocks and even the whole body. In the meanwhile, articular pain and arthritis will perplex you. There will be 2/3 sufferers having paroxysmal colic pain or persistent dull pain in abdomen, vomit, haematemesis and Hematochezia. What's worse, there can be some symptoms in the kidneys.

The complications of Purpura will be various, but kidney disease that caused by Purpura may be the one which is paid most attention to because we usually think the kidney disease as very serious. In fact, the kidneys are really easy to be involved in the disease. The disease condition is rather severe, and the morbidity is high. Manifestations in kidney can appear in any period of the disease course. In some cases, the repeated occurrence can lead to Chronic Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and even Chronic Renal Failure. All those pathological changes in kidneys aroused by Purpura are called Purpura Nephritis.

Here, the initial symptoms of Purpura Nephritis are introduced briefly.

1. Hematuria. Both gross hematuria and microscopic hematuria may appear constantly or persistently. It can be severer after the burst of purpura and infections, and is usually accompanied by proteinuria of different severity.

2. Proteinuria. The severity of proteinuria has no relationship with that of hematuria. In some cases, sufferers will develop Nephrotic Syndrome or acute Nephritic Syndrome.

3. Hypertension. It is slight hypertension in most cases, and if the blood pressure is rather high, there will be a poor prognosis generally.

4. Other symptoms. In some cases, edema will appear and it is usually slight one. In the active period of the disease, those who have edema will have a higher blood pressure. Edema is related to the loss of protein. In addition, sufferers will have pain in joint and abdomen, and some other malaise will also invade the body.

Diet of kidney failure

This article we will introduce some informations about the diet of kidney failure, kidney failure is a kidney disease that in the end stage of the disease.
Here are some informations about the diet of kidney failure:
Phosphorus: You will need to limit the amount of phosphorus in your diet. When you have kidney failure, your kidneys cannot get rid of extra phosphorus that builds up in your blood. This may cause calcium to leave your bones and make them weak. Foods that are high in phosphorus are dairy products, beans, peas and nuts. It is also found in liquids such as cocoa, beer and cola drinks. Your caregiver will tell you how much phosphorus you should have in your diet each day.
Ask your caregiver how much potassium, phosphorus, sodium, liquid and protein you need in your diet. The food list below can help you plan your meals.
Following are the dairy products for the patients with kidney failure:
Milk and dairy products:
Nondairy milk substitutes: These foods have one-half of a gram of protein, 140 calories, 40 mg of sodium, 80 mg of potassium, and 30 mg of phosphorus.
One-half of a cup of nondairy frozen dessert, or nondairy frozen dessert topping.
One-half of a cup of nondairy creamer.

High blood pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease

High blood pressure is the second leading cause of CKD. If you have high blood pressure and it goes untreated, blood vessels throughout your body can be damaged. When your kidneys’ blood vessels are damaged, their ability to remove waste and excess fluids from your body is impaired and serious health issues can occur. In addition, the extra fluid in your blood can cause your blood pressure to go up even higher, creating a dangerous cycle. Increased blood pressure due to kidney changes is referred to as kidney disease hypertension
Diagnosing high blood pressure
There are no obvious symptoms of high blood pressure or hypertension, so it can go unnoticed and cause damage before it is diagnosed. That’s why it’s critical that you have your blood pressure checked regularly by your doctor. You can also learn to take your blood pressure at home or at your local pharmacy for more frequent readings. For the most accurate reading, blood pressure should be checked in a quiet room after you’ve been sitting still for at least five minutes.
Maintain your weight at a level appropriate for you height.
Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy foods .
Limit your daily sodium intake to 2,000 milligrams.
Exercise at a moderate level for 30 minutes almost every day.
Avoid consuming too much alcohol. Men should have no more than two drinks per day, and women no more than one drink per day.
Do not smoke.
Along with a healthy lifestyle, you may need medication to control your blood pressure. The most common types of blood pressure medications are diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. Studies have shown that ACE inhibitors and ARBs protect the kidneys and slow the progression of chronic kidney disease.
High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of kidney failure, also called end stage renal disease (ESRD), or Stage 5 chronic kidney disease. People at this stage must either receive a kidney transplant or have regular blood-cleansing treatments called dialysis. To prevent kidney failure, it is important to take every measure to maintain your blood pressure at the recommended levels. It is necessary for you to learn all about your treatments, and work with your doctor and other health care practitioners to help you achieve your health goals.

Heart and Kidney Disease

When blood pressure is high, it increases the force of blood against the artery walls through your body. Elevated pressure can damage the arteries throughout your body including those in your heart and kidneys. If blood pressure is controlled, the risk of heart disease and kidney damage may be reduced or eliminated. Prescription medicines from your doctor can control high blood pressure. Weight loss, dietary modifications, exercise and lifestyle changes can cause reductions in blood pressure as well.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease. Diabetes occurs when excess sugar stays in the bloodstream. The sugar damages blood vessels, along with the kidneys and the blood vessels of your heart.
Anemia means your red blood cell count is low. Your kidneys make a hormone called erythropoietin, which signals bone marrow to create red blood cells. If the message does not get through, your body does not make new red blood cells. As a result, your heart will get less oxygen because there are not enough red blood cells to deliver oxygen throughout the body. Anemia can also cause the heart to overwork, resulting in the thickening of the wall of the left lower chamber of the heart. This condition is called left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and increases the risk of heart failure or sudden cardiac arrest.
When kidneys work properly, they keep calcium and phosphate levels balanced. Kidneys that are damaged are unable to do this, leaving high amounts of phosphorus in the blood. The risk for coronary artery disease, a specific type of heart disease, is increased when this occurs. High phosphate levels contribute to calcifications in the heart and arteries.

How will patients with nephropathy celebrate the spring festival scientifically?

How will patients with nephropathy celebrate the spring festival scientifically?
The spring festival is just around the corner, making people with strong homesickness want to go home anxiously. So do those patients with nephrothy. In the process of treatment, they catch up with the New Year, but the illness doesn’t allow them to leave for home, causing them to make blind decisions. As for this phenomenon, we survey and interview the patients in kidney disease hospital, finding that nearly 75% of patients have this blind behavior.
Aunt Zhang, 53 years old, when hospitalized, her condition is not rather optimistic, with creatinine 800umol/L, urine volume 300-400ml and basically in the anuria state. Besides, the edema has been quite serious and diagnosed as uremia. When treated ineffectively, on January 5, 2011 she came to kidney disease hospital where the clinical doctors made for her a series of treatment measures, applied the method of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmothrapy and the western medicine. After about a month of treatment, her condition has improved obviously, that is the reduction in cretinine, the gradual increase in urine output and a good appetite.
As we see the New Year is approaching, the patients always think that they must go back home to celebrate it. Aunt Zhang said that it is ominous to celebrate the New Year in hospital, in addition, her family members are waiting for her to have reunion dinner and it is a tradition to celebrate it with family members at home. Aunt Zhang’s decision to go home became more firmly when her eldest son came back to see her from other province and advised her to go home. Thus aunt Zhang has prepared well in these days.
For this, the experts interviewed by us in kidney disease hospital told us that there did exists the phenomenon of stopping the treatment blindly so as to be able to go home to celebrate the New Year. The experts suggest that the patients like aunt Zhang with nephropathy should celebrate the spring festival cautiously and scientifically and can not be too excited. During the period of New Year, the friends and relatives who have not seen each other for a long time will get together and attend various parties, which may cause the bad effect on their mood and diet. Their blind decision of leaving hospital and stopping treatment will make their improvement in vain. Therefore, to celebrate the New Year cautiously and scientifically is a necessity for those patients, the people as their family members also should actively coordinated treatment with hospital and listen to doctors’ advice.
There will be another New Year in the later, but the opportunity for patients with nephropathy is only once, so for ones’ own health, those patients should celebrate the New Year cautiously and scientifically.