Nephritis patients Mistakes

Myth # 1 : avoid salt . Medical nephritis patients on salt intake is very strict , advocates of these patients ' salt restriction , "but not many people think of as" avoid salt . " Salt is an essential element of the body's tissue metabolism , salt ban not only would not achieve long-term role in mitigation of the disease, but will make a lot of organ dysfunction , is not conducive to recovery , the light so protracted illness , severe life-threatening. Under normal circumstances, the absence of significant edema and hypertension , a daily supplement of 3 ~ 5g salt can ; severe edema or hypertension , may be appropriate to reduce salt intake, 1 ~ 3g daily or as directed appropriate.

Myth # 2 : nephritis is incurable chronic disease. In fact, not only can cure nephritis , and most can be cured or can be controlled. Good or bad depends largely on the efficacy of treatment is timely, reasonable , and with the patient's own conditioning related ( such as diet , rest ) . People produce this incorrect view , first, because the onset of nephritis itself is hidden , can not easily be detected early , when a large number of kidney tissue damage, loss of function when going for treatment, when compared to late ; Second, some patients after treatment after the relief of symptoms , their feel good that the disease has been cured, ignoring the treatment and follow-up period of consolidation , when feeling unwell to go for treatment, the nature of the disease has changed the nature of the occurrence . Therefore, every patient regardless of kidney disease , should be regularly reviewed to monitor the development of the disease .