When diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy, many patients may be worried about what is the best thing I can do for it. If you or your loved one has the similar condition, please read on and the following things can help you eliminate your anxiety. Any questions, please be free to contact us!
IgA nephropathy (Berger’s Disease) is the most common form of glomerulonephritis. The damage caused by IgA antibiotics depositing in the glomerular basement membrane. And it is an autoimmune disease. Along with the dropping of kidney function, patients are prone to suffer from various symptoms and discomforts like blood urine, swelling, proteinuria, high blood pressure, and so on. If uncontrolled, all of them can worsen illness condition. What’s worse, it also can lead to Kidney Failure gradually.
Well then, what is the best thing I can do for the type of kidney disease?
1. Develop a healthy diet plan
Diet therapy plays a significant role in controlling the progression of illness condition. Generally speaking, patients are asked to have a low-protein, low-salt and low potassium and low phosphorus level diet so as to reduce the kidneys’ burden. Meanwhile, in order to supply nutrients, high-quality protein diet and high vitamin food should be recommended to patients.
2. Have a good rest
If you have IgA nephropathy, you should have a good rest and avoid overwork. Because overwork will decrease your immunity so as to worsen your kidney disease. You can choose some moderate exercise like walking, jogging rather than strenuous exercises.
3. Prevent cold and infection
Cold is easily to attack you when you have a low immunity. And it also can speed up the deterioration of illness condition. In addition, you should also try to avoid infection, especially respiratory tract infection, skin infection, intestinal tract infection and urinary tract infection.
4. Take the correct treatment
You should not only control the symptoms but also receive other treatment to repair the damaged kidneys and improve kidney function so as to help you keep kidney failure away. Immunotherapy is recommended to you. The treatment strengthens your immune system to help you fight against the disease. It can also eliminate kidney inflammation, block abnormal immune reaction and increase kidneys’ tolerance to immune complexes.
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