Health and Exercise

Acute renal failure occurs when your kidneys suddenly lose the ability to clean waste products and other impurities from your blood. This type of renal failure usually happens over a few hours to a few days; it may be a temporary condition or it could lead to chronic kidney problems. Your healthcare provider may instruct you to work with a dietitian to change your diet until your kidney function returns to normal. Fewer protein foods: A low-protein diet (0.5-0.6 grams per kilogram) is recommended initially. Protein may be increased in the diet as the glomerular filtration rate increases to normal. If dialysis is initiated, the protein level may be increased to 1.0-1.5 grams per kilogram per day if necessary to compensate for protein losses in the dialysate. More Calories: Calorie needs are generally elevated (35-50 kilocalories per kilogram) in order to provide positive nitrogen balance under stressful conditions. As protein is usually quite restricted, calorie needs may be met b...

Kidney disease will develop into advanced kidney failure which will lead to death. Therefore, it is very important to prevent kidney disease so as to live a healthy and happy life. Followings are the aspects of preventing kidney disease: 1. Control dietary structure, and avoid the over-taking of acidoid so as not to aggravate the acid habitus. The acid-base balance of diet is very important to treat kidney disease and its complications. In the aspect of diet, people should have foods that are rich in organic active alkali, less meat and more vegetables. Foods rich in organic active alkali can remove the acid poison in the body rapidly and clarify the acid poison in the urine so as to truly protect the kidney. 2. Take part in aerobics. Appropriate exercise with more sweat can help to eliminate the extra acid poison so as to fight against the appearance of kidney disease. 3. Keep good moods and don’t have too much psychological pressure. Heavy pressure can cause the deposition of...

Diabetes is on the rise, yet most cases are preventable with healthy lifestyle changes. Some can even be reversed. Taking steps to prevent and control diabetes doesn’t mean living in deprivation. While eating right is important, you don’t have to give up sweets entirely or resign yourself to a lifetime of bland “health food”. With these tips, you can still enjoy your favorite foods and take pleasure from your meals without feeling hungry or deprived. Choose high-fiber, low-carbohydrates Add plenty of non starchy vegetables, such as broccoli, spinach, and green beans, to your diabetic diet. These foods are high in fiber and low in carbohydrates, which make them ideal for people with diabetes. In contrast, starchy vegetables include peas, potatoes, corn, winter squash, and lima beans. There's no need to cut them from the diet. They do give us additional nutrients. We want to maintain balance. But because starchy vegetables have more carbohydrates and raise blood sugar more, i...

Recommendations of diabetic diet differ for person to person, based on their nutritional needs, lifestyle, and the action and timing of medications. The common recommendations of diet for diabetic patients are as follows: If you are a diabetic patient try to avoid following list of foods. 1. Sugar, artificial sweeteners and honey. However you may take sweetner like stevia. It is difficult to omit sugar from your diet at once, but you can decrease sugar in your diet gradually. 2. You should stop taking sweets and chocolates. If you are in a party and want to take chocolate, then preferably try to take continental dark chocolate with at-least 70% or more cocoa solids, and try to avoid chocolates where sugar is the first named ingredient. 3.Try to avoid foods containing ingredients that end in (ol) or (ose). And these are mainly different forms of carbohydrates like fructose, glucose, dextrose. 4. Avoid grains like cakes, biscuits, pies, tarts, breakfast cereals, wheat, ry...

Before hospitalization，Reem has the symptom of swelling, especially the edema on his feet was so serious that he couldn’t wear his shoes. His family worried him so much and they immediately took him to their local hospital. He had an examination there and the results were as follows: urine routine protein +++, occult blood +++, the red blood cells reached 30 and the deformation rate reached 80%, and what was worse, urine protein in 24 hours reached 6.9 gram. Taking all the indexes into consideration, Reem was diagnosed as nephrotic syndrome. The results of examination after entering the local hospital were still not optimistic, especially there were still some indexes not normal. Reem’s external symptoms can’t be ignored by his family. At the beginning of his hospitalization, the most obvious symptom of Reem was edema. Reem came to the hospital even without wearing his shoes and just wrapped with a piece of cloth, because his feet were too edematous to wear his shoes. Aimed at ...

Polycystic kidney disease, also known as PKD, is a genetic condition that involves the growth of multiple cysts in the kidneys. If these cysts grow, they can cause reduced kidney function, medical problems and kidney failure. The disease is not curable, but it can be treated. Herbs may ease some symptoms, but consult your doctor before adding any herbs to your treatment plan. Uva Ursi is one kind of herbs benefit for the treatment of PKD. The leaves of the herb uva ursi (Arctostaphylos uva ursi), also called bearberry or rockberry, is an herbal remedy that has been used to treat urinary tract and bladder infections due to its natural antibacterial properties. Through test tube and animal testing, researchers have discovered that uva ursi herbs contain the antibacterial chemicals hydroquinone and arbutin, as well as astringent tannins that shrink mucous membranes in the urinary system, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. It also acts as a diuretic. Individuals wi...

The Horsetail contains a lot of organic silicon and silicate which can help to repair the fractures and synthesize the important protein of connective tissue. Therefore the horsetail can be used as a good medicine to cure the urinary bladder and kidney questions which is used in the treatment of bleeding ulcer, trauma , tuberculosis and kidney disease. For many kidney disease, horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is used as a diuretic and most beneficial for people who have a history of uric acid kidney stones, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Few human studies have been performed on horsetail's effects, but the fresh or dried plant parts have been used medicinally by many cultures since ancient Roman times. Horsetail herbs can be ingested to treat or prevent kidney stones and urinary tract infections, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Horsetail may also help tone the mucous membranes in the urinary tract, treat irritable bladder and co...

How could patients with nephritic syndrome make their meal plans? The most suitable food for them should be easy to digest, light and semi-fluid. On the basis of this, they should develop and keep a right life style. Ingestion of high protein foods could increase the albumin which synthesized by their liver, meanwhile, the excretion of urine protein also will increase. High protein food doesn’t do any good for improving hypoproteinemia but makes the glomeruli high perfusion, high pressure and high filtration, which may accelerate the noninflammatory scelerosis of glomeruli. We can slow down chronic renal damage by limiting the ingestion of protein. So we suggest that patients should take high-quality protein diet, and the most suitable ingestion for them is 0.7-1.0 gram for one kilogram in a single day. Gastric mucosa edema and ascites which are often accompany with nephritic syndrome can affect patients’ digest and absorption. So patients should take the food which are easy to d...

Generally speaking,people who have high creatinine level should avoid salty food and maintain a low-salt diet,that is,the amount of daily salt intake should not exceed 3grams. High potassium food should be avoided. The food which contains more potassium are listed as below: Per 100 grams of food containing potassium about 150mg are as follows:onions,pumpkins,summersquash,Chinesewatermelon,eggplant,watermelon,apple,pear and pineapple. Per 100 grams of food containing 150~200mg are as follows:Fresh cowpea,taro,carrot,white turnip,cabbage,celery,orange,citrus,tomato and so on. Per 100 grams of food containing potassium more than 250mg are as follows:Fresh bean,hyacinth bean,potato,Chinese yam,lotus root,water chestnut,oilseed rape, spinach,amaranth,lettuce,garlic,Green Chinese onion,cauliflower,fresh mushroom,kelp,grapefruit,peach,apricot,jujube,banana. Keep away from high phosphorus food is also necessary for people who have high creatinine level. The food that contains much phos...

One of the causes of kidney disease or eventual kidney failure is the spreading of a serious urinary tract infection. This infection can spread from the urinary tract into kidneys, leading to serious complications, often irreparable and life threatening. Improve your kidneys by taking western herbs that help to detoxify them. These include cranberry, corn silk, celery, buchu, parsley, dandelion, red clover, uva ursi and juniper berries. Cranberry has proven to be effective in maintaining optimal urinary tract health, and contributes to healthy kidney function. The use of cranberry in both juice and dried form is likely the most commonly known natural remedy for treating and preventing kidney problems. Cranberry fruits can treat bladder and kidney diseases, as well as prevent urinary tract and kidney infections. Several major studies in humans found that the acidic properties of cranberries could prevent escherichia coli, that causes urinary-tract infections from attaching itsel...

According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 65 percent of American adults are overweight or obese. The obesity rate has been climbing steadily over the last several years. Carrying extra weight increases the developing of diabetes. The incidence of Type 2 diabetes is also increasing, in correlation with the rise in obesity. The American Diabetes Association estimates about 21 million people have diabetes, with another 54 million people diagnosed with pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes is a condition in which fasting blood glucose levels are elevated, but not yet to the level indicated for Type 2 diabetes. And obesity increases a person's risk of illness and death due to diabetes, stroke, coronary artery disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, and kidney and gallbladder disorders. Type 2 diabetes is associated with insulin resistance. Insulin is an important hormone that delivers glucose (sugar) to our cells. When a person is overweight, the cells in the body become les...

According to experts: most of renal cysts are caused by infection. There are some abnormal changes in the internal environment caused by various infection which changes the environment condition of cysts gene and enhance Cysts’ internal factor activity, thus promoting the formation and growth of cysts. While any infection of any parts of the body will get into kidney through blood so as to affect renal cysts. If cysts get infected, it will aggravate the clinical symptoms, and further increase the growth rapid of cysts, which will finally exacerbate damages in renal function. In addition, there are also other factors that cause renal cysts: Diet Unhealthy eating habits may cause the appearance of many diseases, and are also one important factor that cause the appearance, development and change of cysts disease. Overfatigue Overfatigue includes three aspects: excessive labor, excessive mental labor and excess sexual activity. Toxin Toxin on human body, can damage kinds of...

First, take a good look at your drinking. Alcoholism is especially hereditary from father to son to grandson. Drinking alcohol affects many parts of your body, including your kidneys. A little alcohol—one or two drinks now and then—usually has no serious effects. However, excessive drinking–more than four drinks daily—can affect your health and worsen kidney disease. Some of these regular drinkers have more than five drinks at one time. In fact, about a quarter of drinkers reported they had done this on at least one day in the past year. Drinking has harmful effects on the kidney that can even lead to acute kidney failure. A sudden drop in kidney function is called acute kidney failure. This often goes away after a time, but it can occasionally lead to lasting kidney damage. Even without binge drinking, regularly drinking too much too often can also damage the kidneys. Regular heavy drinking has been found to double the risk chronic kidney disease, which does not go away over time....

Many renal failure patients with high blood pressure have no idea how they suffered from renal failure related to high blood pressure. With the rapid growth of high blood pressure, majorities of high blood pressure patients will get renal failure at the end stage of high blood pressure. It is definitely necessary to arrange a healthy diet for renal failure patients related to high blood pressure so as not to worsen the condition of disease. 1. Breakfast should focus on blander food, such as one cup of milk or soybean milk, one egg and one piece of bread. 2. Patients should get up slowly. When they wake up, don’t get up immediately, and just lie in bed for a few moment, activating the head, neck and upper limbs so as to adapt to the change of the body position. 3. Diet needs less salt and oil. Don’t add more material at random only for good taste. 4. Patients should do exercise accordingly, no fierce activity. Mild activity can ease the tension of artery. 5. Don’t scribble r...

How does Chinese medicine treat kidney insufficiency? In fact, renal failure is a gradual process. It’s developing process is also the process of renal functions get damaged gradually. Towards renal failure, experts suggest patients take effective treatments in time during early time. How does renal failure patients get treated? It needs patients to accept omnibus treatments. So, how to treat renal failure? Treating renal failure not only needs large amounts of money, but also is pretty difficult,even may endanger patients’ lives. So, it is very important for kidney failure patients to change lifestyle and take some treatments in early time. Patients should fully understand about their illness conditions, pay high attention to the conditions, and do inspections regularly. They should notice the changes of blood pressure and dropsy and cooperate with docters to take effective treatments. The key step of renal failure is to limite the protein’s intake.The renal failure patients sho...

Diabetes patients should be careful about the type of sugar they include in their diet. In the past, when someone was diagnosed with Diabetes, they were told they should not eat sugar. The thinking was that sugar affected blood sugar more than complex carbohydrates (table sugar compared to a slice of bread). That thinking has shifted. Sugar has no greater effect on blood sugar than complex carbohydrates. All carbohydrates are considered fairly equal as far as affecting blood sugar. According to the American Diabetes Association, ‘the bottom line for blood glucose control is to focus on the total amount of carbohydrate you eat - not the source of the carbohydrate.’ Diabetes patients can have some sugar food that are healthy to eat. Milk, yogurt, and fruits are high in simple sugars but do contain vitamins and minerals. These foods should be incorporated in the diet. Portion sizes should be noted. Eight fluid ounces of milk or 8 oz. of yogurt is considered a serving. Low fat ...

Kidney failure is caused by chronic renal failure, so it is very important for chronic renal failure patients to arrange their diet. Chronic renal failure patients should focus on blander food. They can have milk, eggs, lean meat, fish, been products and so on. What’s more, they should have more meals but less food a day. It is essential for kidney failure patients to have slander food, highly digestible, eutrophia, and rich in vitamin, and avoid spicy excitant food like seafood, liquor and tobacco. For patients with more proteinuria and normal kidney function, normal or low protein food is acceptable. Edema and high blood pressure patients should decrease the intake of salinity, and edema patients should also decrease water’s intake. Kidney failure patients should restrict the whole intake of protein. And the intake of protein should focus on animal’s protein of high quality like milk, eggs, fish and lean meat that is essential to human. Besides, it is also necessary to dec...

Renal failure occurs due to damage to the functions of kidneys that lead to failure of the normal filtration process. This could be sudden or rapid in the beginning, in case of acute renal injury or damage or acute renal failure. Renal failure may also occur due to long term damage to the kidney functions leading to chronic renal failure. Edema is one of symptoms of renal failure. Lots of renal failure patients have this kind of misunderstanding on a diet that having salt or water will appear edema and aggravate the condition of illness. Therefore many patients have no salt and less water. While this improper eating habit is incorrect and shouldn’t be recommended which even can deteriorate kidney failure. Although water and salt are directly related to edema, it is wrong for patients to have no salt and less water for decreasing the burden of kidney. Not all of the patients should restrict the taking of salt and water. The restriction of salt and water is necessary for chronic re...

Drinking too much is one symptom of pediatric chronic renal failure. While it is only one of symptoms, because other diseases can also cause children drinking too much, such as diabetes, anaphylactiod purpura and so on. If parents find children’s drinking habits different from normal, they should take children to hospital for urine test B ultrasonic test. Once children are diagnosed with pediatric chronic renal failure, excessive water will increase the burden of kidney, and exacerbate the condition of illness. Abnormal Urine Test If proteinuria, erythrocyte, leukocyte, urine glucose are found in it, further examination is necessary. Redundancy or Insufficient of Urine Volume Under normal circumstances, urine volume of infants is 400-600ml, preschoolers’ urine volume is 600-800ml and school children’s is 800-1400ml. Either the increase or decrease of urine volume may be the dangerous signals of kidney diseases. Besides, it is very important for pediatric chronic renal failu...

Kidney failure can affect children in various ways, ranging from light degree to life-threatening conditions. Acute kidney failure develops rapidly over a few hours or a few days. Chronic kidney disease does not go away with treatment and tends to get worse over time. CKD eventually leads to kidney failure, described as end-stage kidney disease or ESRD when treated with a kidney transplant or blood-filtering treatments called dialysis. Children with CKD or kidney failure face many challenges, which can include · a negative self-image · relationship problems · behavior problems · learning problems · trouble concentrating · delayed language skills development · delayed motor skills development Children with CKD may grow at a slower rate than their peers, and urinary incontinence—the loss of bladder control, which results in the accidental loss of urine—is common. Children who have got kidney failure may lose confidence in their life. They may give up the treatment for...

If you’ve just been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), your doctor will discuss with you the lifestyle changes you need to make. These may include modifications to your diet, your level of exercise and the medicines you take. While kidney disease is a physical illness and you may feel the effects in your body, there will be emotional changes as well. Kidney disease patients may feel fear, anger or depression. Just as people with kidney disease need to make lifestyle adjustments to remain healthy, they also need to learn how to adjust mentally and emotionally. Community with kidney disease patients Although it may feel like it, you are not the only person facing chronic kidney disease. There is a community of people who are living well with CKD. And, it is now easier than ever to reach out and engage others in the kidney disease community. Discussion forums are a great place to start learning about kidney disease and connect with other kidney disease patients. You can lo...

Kidney disease is one of the common chronic disease in children. Quite a number of parents have never pay much attention on the children’s kidneys. Recently the experts in our hospital went to the communities to spread the knowledge of the kidney. The research shows that near 30% of the parents know nothing about how to protect the children’s kidneys. Like adults, children also can get nephritis, urinary system infection and high creatinine. What is more, baby may got the disease in the gene but the symptoms may not present until years later. With the improvement of the life level, more and more children are getting over fed. Thus the high blood pressure kidney disease and the kidney disease related to the obesity is becoming more common. Compared with adults children are more easy to get missed diagnosed. How to protect the children’s kidneys? The first thing is to teach the children to drink water rightly. The enough water can keep the kidney produce the urine. The children s...

Introduction and safe sex Are sexual problems common for people with kidney failure? Sexual problems are common for men and women who have kidney disease. Not only are emotional problems likely to occur because of the stress of kidney disease, but also there are a number of medical conditions that can affect sexual function and ability to have children, in both men and women. Contraception Contraception is important for people with kidney disease, just as it is for everyone else. Don’t assume that just because you have kidney failure that you cannot have a child. The coil contraceptive and condoms are safe for people with kidney disease to use. The oral contraceptive pill can cause some complications more frequently in women with kidney disease than in the general population, so needs to be prescribed with care. Safe sex and sexually transmitted diseases People with kidney disease can get sexually transmitted diseases, so safe sex is important. Women Periods in women wi...

“People with low levels of kidney function whose kidney disease is advanced have to be the most careful,” says consultant renal physician, Dr Donal O’Donoghue. “Most people with mild-to-moderate kidney disease who are otherwise healthy can safely take the same OTC remedies as the rest of the population. “Whatever the stage of your kidney function, however, I’d always recommend talking to your pharmacist or doctor before taking OTC remedies so you can weigh up the risks and benefits.” According to Dr O’Donoghue, you’re at higher risk of being harmed by certain OTC remedies if: · you have advanced kidney disease (stage 4 or 5, or a kidney function below 30% of normal) · you have mild-to-moderate kidney disease (stage 3 with a kidney function between 30 and 60% of normal) and are elderly with another serious illness, such as coronary heart disease. Indigestion What's safe: For occasional treatment of indigestion, Gaviscon liquid or tablets are safe as are Remegel and Re...

Will my child have difficulties at school? Kidney disease itself doesn't usually cause problems with learning, but children who have had kidney disease from a young age may spend so much time in hospital that they struggle with school work. They usually catch up as they get older. How to help If your child misses school, do all you can to help them with their school work. Talk to their teachers as early as possible to make a homework plan that your child get on with while they're in hospital. Make sure your child is getting as much extra educational support as possible from the school. The hospital teachers can also help and advise you. If you have concerns about your child's development or learning, talk to your child's school. Should children with kidney disease do sport? It’s tempting to be overprotective of a sick child. In general, however, sport and exercise is great for children with kidney disease. Bear in mind, however, that they may get tired more e...

The two bean-shaped organs called kidneys are fist-size filters located below your rib cage and in the area near your middle back. The kidneys filter blood and remove waste, including urine, from your body. Kidney failure, which is often caused by diabetes or high blood pressure, requires dialysis to do the work of the failed kidneys, or else a kidney transplant from a healthy donor. A kidney transplant is a serious operation that lasts about three hours and requires a lengthy recovery period after hospitalization. Post-surgery exercise is recommended to help with the recovery process and to maintain physical and mental fitness. ● Exercise Benefits 　　You should resume normal activities as soon as you are able following transplant surgery, according to the Cleveland Clinic. The medications that most kidney transplant patients take to suppress the immune system and prevent rejection of the donor organ might cause high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. Regular exercise,...