Wednesday, February 19, 2014

How To Spot FSGS Symptoms

FSGS symptoms,otherwise known as Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, can be recognized by lay persons who are alert and aware of the possible signs. Since FSGS is often a gradual loss of ability to remove fluids and wastes over years, it can be a great help to spot the symptoms early. Getting treatment can slow total renal failure, and further get you on the list for organ transplants earlier.
Structions
1.Get a yearly physical done with blood work.
If your physician does a thorough job of analyzing you during a physical, initial stages of FSGS can show up in blood work. It will not be conclusive, but will lead to other tests which will confirm or disconfirm the diagnosis.
2.Watch for signs of anemia.
Fatigue, paleness of skin color, shortness of breath in exercise, or other signs of anemia may be FSGS. Symptoms such as these could be related to other conditions, but should be tested to discover the cause.FSGS leaves waste in the blood and makes the production of red blood cells more difficult, thereby reducing oxygen carrying capability.
3.Watch for changes in urine.
If your urine becomes frothier than normal, darkens considerably, or becomes considerably lighter than normal it may be a sign of a problem with your kidneys. A more troubling symptom is the urge to urinate without an ability to do so.
4.Take note of swelling.
Since the FSGS is an inability to remove fluids from the body it may cause swelling in the ankles, hands or other extremities. Report any unexplained swelling to your physician as it may or may not be a sign of FSGS.
5.Pay attention to itching skin.
If FSGS symptoms go unnoticed eventually waste build up in your arteries and veins will cause your skin to itch and become irritated. See a physician if you have consistently itching skin.
In addition to the above suggestions,there are also many other of how to spot FSGS symptoms.If you have interest,please contact us as soon as possible, we will try our best to help you.



Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Foods That Decrease Creatinine Levels In FSGS

According to a FSGS experts, creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine, which is an important part of muscle. Creatinine level in your blood is an important indicator which shows how your kidney is functioning. High creatinine level can be caused by such factors as kidney diseases, too high intake of proteins, dehydration, using muscle-building dietary supplement creatine, over-exercising. This article will help you to learn more about foods that decrease creatinine levels in FSGS.
More insight on the level of creatinine in your blood
The normal level of creatinine for adults is 0.5-1.2. If your level of creatinine is much higher than normal, you should see your doctor, as it is a sign that your kidney doesn't work properly and its function is lost. A healthy diet can help to lower the levels of creatinine. You should eat low-protein, low-creatine foods, and to avoid salt. There are foods that you should eat more often!
1. Garlic and onion
Garlic and onion can spice up your dishes and help to get rid of high creatinine levels! Some studies have shown that garlic can protect kidneys from free radical-mediated damage.Onion, for instance, contains PGA prostaglandin – a natural leptuntic, which has an effect on lowering high blood pressure. According to health portal Kidneyfailureweb.com: “High blood pressure is a big risk that can accelerate the rate of patients' condition progressing kidney failure. In view of this, onion is good for people with kidney disease especially high creatinine level.”
2. Soy products
Add tofu and soy milk to your diet. These foods will help to decrease the levels of creatinine.Some studies have shown that soy foods can help to treat kidney disease. Soybeans have a low glycemic index and that makes them healthy for those who suffer from diabetes. While you should focus on eating low-protein foods, soy products are perfect for you.
3. Foods rich in omega-3 acids
You should eat more foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids to decrease the levels of creatinine, such as salmon, tuna, sardines, mackerel, walnuts, wild rice. Eat these good fats twice a week!
4. Cucumbers
Another healthy choice for your diet is eating cucumbers! They are delicious, low-calorie and powerful antioxidants. Moreover, cucumbers are rich in Vitamin C , Vitamin A, potassium, folate, magnesium, silica. They are known as natural kidney-cleansers. According to a news portal Vanguard: “This is because they help to wash the kidneys and bladder of debris and stones. Several studies have shown that eating cucumbers regularly helps to regulate uric acid in the body.”
5. Liquids
The last but not the least tip to get rid of high creatinine is to drink a lot of liquids daily. Keep yourself hydrated throughout a day, as creatine levels can be decreased by urination. Drink water and green tea, avoid soda and soft drinks.
6. Leafy greens, especially cabbage and lettuce
Eat more leafy greens and specifically cabbage and lettuce, as they will help to decrease the levels of creatinine in your blood. Moreover, leafy greens will prevent the formation of kidney stones.
7. Carrots
Eat more carrots. They are healthy vegetables for those that have kidney disease and heart problems. Carrot is nutritious and rich in various vitamins and minerals, like calcium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D and more. This magic veggie can help to treat kidney infections and protect kidney functions.
Foods to avoid
There are some foods and drinks you should avoid if you suffer from high level of creatinine:
Avoid caffeine, alcohol, carbonated drinks. Replace them with water, fresh fruit juice or herbal teas. You might want to try dandelion tea, salvia tea or ginseng tea.
Avoid sugary foods
Avoid salty foods
Reduce the intake of these foods: red meats, white bread, white flour, dairy products.Ideally, you should avoid them.
Reduce the intake of legumes
Avoid processed and junk foods, reduce the intake of sodium. Sodium can promote water retention in your body. So, stay away from all the packaged foods.
Although a healthy diet is very important, the best treatment for FSGS is to find a natural therapy, like Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. Any questions, please contact us as soon as possible. 


Sunday, February 9, 2014

How To Prevent CKD

With the acceleration of people’s lives and changes in food culture, the morbidity of CKD rises year by year in the world. So it is necessary for us to know about CKD. So, how to prevent CKD? Next, the preventive measures are as following.
1. Preventing colds
The number of the new patients with CKD will increase and their illness condition will aggravate during the cold weather or temperature changes obviously of season. So we should pay attention to increase clothes to maintain warmth when the weather changes, in order to avoid respiratory infections.
2. Treating tonsillitis timely
The tonsillitis caused by streptococcus infection can lead to CKD through immune regulation disorder, so the patients with tonsillitis need to take antibacterial agents when it relapses. If patients with tonsillitis relapse frequently, they need to do surgery as soon as possible.
3. Controlling diabetes and high blood pressure
Both diabetes and high blood pressure are harmful to kidney, which can lead to CKD, to the contrary, CKD also can aggravate the illness condition of diabetes and high blood pressure. Thus, the patients with diabetes or high blood pressure need to control the illness condition and at any time to observe whether there is renal damage or not.
4. Do not abuse drugs
Some medicines are toxic to the kidney, so we should take medicine under the doctors’ guidance.
5. Reasonable diet
We should maintain low-salt and light-diet. Drinking water properly is beneficial to the metabolite excretion of our bodies. While engorgement can increase the burden of our kidneys and frequent engorgement can damage our kidneys.
6. Do not suppress the urine
If the urine is in bladder for a long time, the bacterial of urine can infect kidney through bladder and ureter infection.
7. Staying away from the heavy metals and poison
The heavy metals such as lead, chrome, mercury, the organic solvent such as benzene, toluene, phenol, and biotoxin such as venom, gallbladder, toadstools, all of them can damage kidney seriously. So it is necessary for us to avoid contacting these substances. But if you have to touch these substances because of work, you must take effective measures.
8. Loss of appetite, vomiting, nausea without obvious reason.
As long as you have one or more of the above feelings, please go to see a doctor as soon as possible.
Now, you should have a understanding about how to prevent CKD. As long as you pay close attention to the details of your life, we believe CKD will keep away from you forever.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Medical Treatments For CKD

In western countries, it is very common that treating CKD uses medicines, dialysis and kidney transplant. However, all of them have side effect to patients. Now, except these western therapies, traditional Chinese medicine therapy is also one of the medical treatments for CKD.
Traditional Chinese medicine therapy includes cycle therapy, hot compress therapy, foot bath therapy, full bath therapy, enema therapy, Oral Chinese Medicine Therapy, moxibustion therapy. Each of them has its own advantage and all of the medicines are from the nature. The aim of traditional Chinese medicine therapy is to break through difficulties in treating CKD and get some new effect. Next, let us explain one of the therapies-foot bath therapy.
Foot bath therapy means that the patients with CKD just need to have a foot bath in a tub filled with Chinese medicine. Because foot has many acupoints, the active ingredients of medicine can act on some acupoints of kidney channel, which can recover primordial qi of kidney channel by eliminating the toxic substances from kidney meridian and making the healthy qi get in kidney constantly. The medicine ingredients mainly can warm meridians and expel cold as well as make the blood smooth. If you have other symptoms, you need to add some other Chinese medicines. For example, if you feel hot, you can use some medicines to clear heat and cool blood; if you often lose sleep, you can use some Chinese medicines to relieve uneasiness of mind and calm the nerves.
In general, two thousand milliliters of the liquid medicine is proper, and the temperature of it is no more than forty degrees. The lasting time of foot bath is forty minutes. It is more effective to use a foot tub with massage or massage acupuncture points through yourself.
The short-term effects of it include that pain relieves, sleep improves, appetite increases, the body sweats more, hands and feet become warm, the edema reduces, the foot skin becomes red and fine, itching gets relief and so on.
But there are three announcements.
1. The patients need to pay attention to the temperature of liquid medicine in order to avoid scald.
2. The pregnancy is contraindicated.
3. This patients with allergic skin and sensitive physique is contraindicated.
Through the above explanation, you must think foot bath therapy is convenient. Yes, it also gets effective treatment through clinical practice. Other traditional Chinese medicine therapies are safe and effective too.
Now, you should understand medical treatments for CKD better. If you are interested in traditional Chinese medicine therapies, you can get free help from online doctors or contact us by leaving message below.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Should Patients With IgA Kidney Disease Follow A Special Diet

What is the best specifial diet for IgA kidney disease patients? 
A healthy diet can slow down the progression of IgA Nephropathy and decrease the damage to their renal function. Therefore, it is very important for he patients with IgA Nephropathy to follow a special diet under their doctors’ guidance.
1. Being a vegetarian
A vegetarian diet is advocated to the patients with IgA Nephropathy. Especially for those with moderate to heavy proteinuria should strictly limit the intake of meat and milk products for there are many chemicals in meat and mike products that can aggravate the inflammatory process taking in the kidneys. In order to keep enough nutrient supplements, the patients with IgA Nephropathy should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain, fish and so on. Moreover, the patients should mainly deprive protein from vegetables. Some researches prove that vegetable protein rich in “good” fatty acids, which can prevent the inflammatory reaction in kidneys.
2. Keep a low-salt diet
For some patients with IgA Nephropathy, their kidneys lose their function of regulation of water and electrolyte balance thus causing retention sodium and water. If too much fluid builds in body, it can strain hearts and lungs. Therefore, the patients with IgA Nephropathy should keep a low-salt diet to minimize the stress to the kidneys and avoid fluid retention, especially for those with edema or high blood pressure. Even if they do not showing those signs, a low-sodium diet is also an good idea for them. The patients should keep  their salt intake within 1 gram per or more lenient (2 grams per day). Moreover, the patients should avoid eating the foods containing high salt.
However, a healthy diet is just an assistant therapy for the patients with IgA Nephropathy. What the patients should primarily do is to receive early treatment in time so as to avoid Renal Failure.Any questions about this topic should patients with IgA kidney disease follow a special diet, please contact us freely.  

Kidney Failure Symptoms

Experts say that kidney failure indicates that the patients are in the late stage of renal insufficiency. If it can’t get controlled and treated timely, it will develop into uremia. So it is very necessary for the patient to know about the kidney failure symptoms. To be specific, kidney failure in the early stage may have the following symptoms.
1. Anemia. When the kidney function decreases, the kidney can’t produce enough erythropoietin, which will cause anemia. The patient with anemia usually feel cold and fatigue.
2. Discomfort. Because the waste and toxin accumulate in our body, we may feel uncomfortable, such as vomiting, nausea, loss of appetite, itching and tired.
3. Edema. Some patients can have edema, especially in hand, foot and ankle.
4. Other symptoms. The patients with kidney failure also have the symptoms, such as hematuria, high blood pressure, bubbles in urine, extreme thirst, insomnia, sleepiness, decreased libido and so on.
If you have one or more of the above symptoms, please go to hospital to receive a comprehensive inspection or consult our online doctors in order to determine that whether you are kidney failure or not. Next, let us know about the kidney failure symptoms in late stage.
1. Digestive system: anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, oral malodor, gastrointestinal bleeding.
2. Skin: dry, desquamative, dull, itching and so on.
3. Metabolic disorders: water, electrolyte and acid-base balance disorders can lead to edema, dehydration and tetany.
4. Hematopoietic system: serious anemia, each organ may have bleeding tendency.
5. Breathing system: the patients may have serious oral malodor and metabolic acidosis breathing.
6. Nervous system: dispirited, dizzy, headache, memory loss, insomnia, dysuria and so on.
7. Skeletal system: renal osteopathy may occur, such as joint pain.
Though the symptoms of kidney failure in late stage are very serious, you need not to worry. Positive and optimistic attitude is good to slow down the progression of your illness condition.
Whichever stage you are in, the timely treatment is necessary. The earlier treatment you get, the better effect you will obtain. Best wishes to you!